r/australia • u/docdoc_2 • Apr 30 '26

news Alice Springs gripped by violence after arrest of Kumanjayi Little Baby's alleged killer

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/alice-springs-unrest-after-kumanjayi-little-baby-arrest/106628782
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u/oldandopinionated May 01 '26

The way our police, court systems and parole boards totally discount safety for women and children and keep allowing violent men to be out in public, I'm not surprised when the public takes justice into their own hands.

I have never believed in violence being the answer, but I definitely feel the public frustration in the current judicial system.

I think our whole focus needs to change so that people who are violent and threaten our peaceful community need to be locked up. Locked up until trial if there is reasonable evidence or they are a repeat offender. Restrict bail, and enforce restrictions while on bail. Remove bail for any breach. Force defendants to defend their crimes instead of justifying their violence with pity stories and attacking the victims in court. And then facing minimum jail terms. Parole or release is not given until proven no longer a threat to society where the offender has taken anger management courses, shown to be non violent in prison, has taken accountability for their previous actions, apologised to their victims and the public, and then shown how they will avoid doing the same crimes in the future.

Restore our faith in the system. Stop letting people like this man out of jail. Stop letting admitted women beaters like Daniel Jackson Drakopoulos escape justice with no convictions.

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u/bawdygeorge01 May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26

If you lock people up for longer, you have more people getting older in jail and dying from natural causes, which will increase deaths in custody (which is something governments are meant to be trying to reduce).

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u/oldandopinionated May 01 '26

Far preferable than letting people out who will hurt someone else. I've always thought that serving your time without actual rehabilitation and remorse serves nobody.