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James Glissan

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637 total appearances

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Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

So if people wanted that change, people have a great degree of influence over how the law works.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

I know people don't think they do.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

Often it's because they don't understand what they can do to influence it.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

But that can change and it can be pushed back into the military jurisdiction if it's allowed to.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

How could it get put back in the military jurisdiction?

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

For the criminal offence aspect of things?

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

Well, there are ways that we could sort of bridge the gap between military jurisdiction and federal jurisdiction.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

Now, it gets a bit tricky with offences.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

Right.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

Because often when you come to criminal offences, you need what's called a Chapter 3 court, which is a constitutionally approved court.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

And that does have issues.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

But because we are a system where Parliament can...

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

write all kinds of laws so long as they're not unconstitutional and they can make sweeping changes and we've seen that over the last six months a lot of changes have been occurring there are ways that the public may be able to influence that not for this case but in the future as to how things are put together through the public opinion um process what's what's likely to happen to him if he gets convicted

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

Yeah, they do.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

Especially when you're talking about offences where they can occur overseas but be charged here.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

That's already a very high bar.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

So these offences all carry life imprisonment.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

Well, there's- The rest of your life or- 25 years.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

25 years.

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris
Ben Roberts-Smith Arrest: Law Expert Reveals What’s Really Going On

But it'll depend on how that's applied because just because that's the maximum doesn't mean that's what people get.