Terrorists deemed to pose an unacceptable risk of committing another offence can be held in prison beyond the completion of their sentence. Grant Donaldson argues it is unfair for a person to be punished for a crime they have not committed.
Controversial laws that allow courts to keep convicted terrorists in prison after their sentence has been completed should be dumped, according to the federal government's national security watchdog.National Security Legislation Monitor Grant Donaldson says laws that allow convicted terrorists to be kept in prison after serving their sentence should be dumped
A report raising concerns about the risk-assessment process used to decide if terrorists can be released should also have been provided to defendants, he says In a scathing new review of that law, the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, Grant Donaldson, argues that it is unfair for a person to be punished for a crime they have not committed.
The law allows for two different orders to be made: a continuing detention order , which keeps a person in prison, or an extended supervision order , which restricts a person's freedom in the community.later lost an appeal in the High Court challenging the validity of the lawMr Donaldson argues that ESOs should be maintained, and reformed, to add a new focus on rehabilitation and reintegration into the community.
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