Legal Studies

Cutting Edge - 11-Dec-2007

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- For three decades Vice President Dick Cheney conducted a secretive, behind-closed-doors campaign to give the president virtually unlimited wartime power. Finally, in the aftermath of 9/11, the Justice Department and the White House made a number of cont

Cutting Edge - 08-Jan-2008

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Over one hundred prisoners have died in suspicious circumstances in U.S. custody during the war on terror.

A Case for the Coroner: Amber Stewart Part 2

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It's Day Three of the inquest and Coroner John Abernethy is hearing evidence from the last man to see her alive, flatmate Mark Ormond, who says he freaked out when he found her dead and failed to call an ambulance until hours later. There's fresh evidence about how Amber left home because of a violent incident with her stepfather, and how DOCS decided she could not return home even though her mother believes she should have been ordered to. The Coroner hands down his finding, which offers Amber's mother Gwen some closure over her loss. (STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE)

A Case For The Coroner - Amber Stewart_ Part 1_ 08-Apr-2008

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In March 2000, Amber Stewart died of a heroin overdose at the age of 14, one of Australia's youngest heroin deaths. Eighteen months later, Coroner John Abernethy is holding a week-long inquest in the New England town of Armidale.

A Case For The Coroner - Amber Stewart: Part 1: 08-Apr-2008

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In March 2000, Amber Stewart died of a heroin overdose at the age of 14, one of Australia's youngest heroin deaths. Eighteen months later, Coroner John Abernethy is holding a week-long inquest in the New England town of Armidale.

A Case For The Coroner - 06-May-2008

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Everybody thought 78-year-old Noreen Waldron was 'the life of the party' at the Allara Nursing Home where she lived. Her death in February 2000 would not normally have attracted suspicion. But in a five week period, fifteen other people have died at the same nursing home. When the media gets hold of the story, questions are raised about the possibility of a serial killer preying on the elderly.

A Case For The Coroner - 23-Apr-2008

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In March 2000, Amber Stewart died of a heroin overdose at the age of 14, one of Australia's youngest heroin deaths. Eighteen months later, Coroner John Abernethy is holding a week-long inquest in the New England town of Armidale.

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