❓ This Question on Notice concerns the case of John Button, whose manslaughter conviction was overturned. It asks the Attorney General about Mr Button's recourse regarding alleged refusals by the Corruption and Crime Commission to investigate claims of evidence fabrication, prosecutorial malfeasance, and misleading statements by a former Attorney General, and requests the release of relevant documents.
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I refer the Attorney General to the case of
Button v The Queen (2002) WASCA 35
, which resulted in the overturning of the conviction of Mr John Button for the manslaughter of Rosemary Anderson, and having received correspondence from Mr Button about this case, I ask:
(a) what recourse does Mr Button have, if, as he claims, the Corruption and Crime Commission has refused to examine accusations of:
(i) fabrication of evidence on the part of Western Australia Police;
(ii) prosecutorial malfeasance; and
(iii) misleading statements made by a previous Attorney General in relation to the case, addressed to a leading barrister; and
(b) will the current Attorney General release to Mr Button or his legal representatives all documents relating to any and all inquiries into this case, to aid in attempts to ensure that no such miscarriage of justice happens again, and if not, why not?
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Button v The Queen (2002) WASCA 35
, which resulted in the overturning of the conviction of Mr John Button for the manslaughter of Rosemary Anderson, and having received correspondence from Mr Button about this case, I ask:
(a) what recourse does Mr Button have, if, as he claims, the Corruption and Crime Commission has refused to examine accusations of:
(i) fabrication of evidence on the part of Western Australia Police;
(ii) prosecutorial malfeasance; and
(iii) misleading statements made by a previous Attorney General in relation to the case, addressed to a leading barrister; and
(b) will the current Attorney General release to Mr Button or his legal representatives all documents relating to any and all inquiries into this case, to aid in attempts to ensure that no such miscarriage of justice happens again, and if not, why not?
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