Julian Knight

[Steven Gerrard]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/national/14467478/lawyer-helps-hoddle-st-killer-freedom-bid/

This news is over a week old now but the whole story about this animal keeps popping up on all the local news websites so I thought I would start a thread about it.

I understand the right to justice, but surely this is the pursuit of justice gone mad. A woman gets busted with drugs in Malaysia and could face the death penalty. Yet here in Australia, the pyschopath Julian Knight shoots dead 7 people and injures many others and is now using the legal system, through the aid of Richter QC, who will work for Knight pro bono, to challenge the Parole Board's decision that he never be entitled to a parole review.

Bear in mind, Knight was declared a vexatious litigant several years ago when he was pushing for all sorts of rights in prison such as internet use and other ridiculous things. As far as I'm concerned, you intentionally take one person's life away, you forgo all rights. But obviously my opinion doesn't count because the law is the law and Richter doesn't believe politics and political agendas should be interfering with the law. Again, justice gone mad. At what cost should we uphold the integrity of the legal system? Is granting Knight access to a parole review worth upholding the legal system's objective of justice? Is denying that animal access to parole an injustice? I would be more than happy for the legal system to come into question if it meant he was never released and rotted away in a cell until he dies. Would you feel comfortable knowing this animal is free to walk amongst us? Do you think the authorities will make him a protected specie, at the taxpayers' cost? Given his notoriety, it is unlikely he would reoffend, but still, who really knows? He was apparently gloating to police when he committed those heinous crimes so who knows what he is still capable of. And let's not forget the victims' families, you can only imagine what they would feel.

Would be interested to hear the views of any police officers and criminal lawyer who are registered on Bigfooty.

 

[Hard_to_Beat]

He should have been given life without parole.

However, it is patently unethical to allow politicians and media hysterics to utilise his parole situation for self interest.

I support Richters stand on the issue.

 

[skilts]

Knight was, and apparently still is, seriously insane. One of the most harrowing aspects of his crime was revealed from the evidence of a train driver, who was warned what was going on at Clifton Hill Station, and stopped his train quite a way short of the station, to await further instructions. This poor mother saw Knight coming towards him along the track, with rifle in hand. Having run out of likely victims to shoot, Knight was firing his weapon aimlessly into the railway track, all the while approaching the train driver and his captive passengers. For no apparent reason, Knight departed the area of the rail line and didn't cause any damage to them.

As for the treatment of these types of criminals, a case in point is 'Slim' Minogue, who was convicted of the Russell Street bombing. He too was a thorn in the side of gaol authorities, because he campaigned to have access to legal books, initially. He then took the state government to court to allow him to be able to pursue an academic career and to be able to use a computer to do so. As a result of this successful litigation he has been able to complete a PhD, partially in ethics, of all things. Some have argued that Minogue should not have been allowed to do this ten years of study, at the taxpayers' expense. My question would be that if a man convicted of such a heinous crime can be rehabilitated through education, in what way does the community not benefit? Of course there are no guarantees, but the likelihood of him re-offending must surely have been lessened somewhat? Mind you, all he has to do is majorly **** up and this post will prove to be hopelessly ill-advised. Nothing new in that. I think I'd prefer to take that chance, rather than release onto the streets somebody who is a worse risk than he was when he went in, because we gave up on him.

In Knight's case, I'm afraid nothing can be done for him, and he has certainly given no indication that he will do anything to change what he has become. No goodwill from us will alter that. It also appears highly unlikely he will ever acknowledge the hideousness of what he did. Minogue has at least done this.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Original sentence was the issue.

How in god’s name do you murder seven people and get given a 27 year minimum?????

Unbelievable. Was these ever any explanation of this? Surely he should have been given life without parole?

 

[bruceharmes]

The problem is concurrent sentencing.............in effect if you kill once person (life/27 years), kill 7 people you life/27 years x 7 but served concurrently so you really only sentenced for 1 murder - doesn't make sense !?

 

[Slax]

The media should've buggered off from the scene of the crime until after the police had a chance to shoot him dead. Would've saved millions in trial costs and keeping him in prison.

 

[Steven Gerrard]

The problem is concurrent sentencing.............in effect if you kill once person (life/27 years), kill 7 people you life/27 years x 7 but served concurrently so you really only sentenced for 1 murder - doesn't make sense !?

Good point about the concurrent sentencing. The problem we now have is, at the time of the crimes, I don't think life, as in 'until you die' was an imposable sentence. Probably was not a concern then, people probably thought that 27 years is too far into the future to worry about, but here we are, almost 27 years later.

 

[Kurve]

He's so annoying with his meritless claims, he now needs the permission of the Supreme Court to bring any legal action. There's some old footage in here to remind people of exactly what he did.

Melbourne mass killer Julian Knight has flagged a complaint to the United Nations as his latest bid to access graphic crime scene and autopsy photos in his cell was rejected.

Melbourne mass killer making UN complaint over access to graphic photos

Melbourne mass killer Julian Knight has flagged a complaint to the United Nations as his latest bid to acce...

www.9news.com.au

 

[Bostonian]

Can't we get a bit of Jeffrey Epstein action going on this muppets neck?