WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS

Private Members Business, Orders of the Day No. 29: Hon. A.M. Bressington to move:

That the Legislative Council acknowledges—

1. That wrongful convictions occur and some are uncorrected by the appellate courts;

2. The accomplishments of the Innocence Project in the United States of America, and of its affiliated organisations worldwide; and

3. The efforts of Australian affiliated innocence projects in raising awareness of wrongful convictions and advocating for those innocents wrongfully convicted.

The Hon. A. BRESSINGTON (17:50): I move:

That this order of the day be discharged.

Motion carried; order of the day discharged.