Mr. Porter questions the Attorney General about reforming laws regarding video confession admissibility, referencing the Dante Arthurs case. The Attorney General responds that such reforms were enacted the previous year, amidst interjections from other members.

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19 March 2008
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DANTE ARTHURS — VIDEO CONFESSIONS
Will the Attorney General undertake to consider reform of the laws relating to the admissibility of video confessions, which was the real problem in the Dante Arthurs case? Mr J.A. McGINTY

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Those people who have been members of this house for more than five minutes know that we did exactly that last year. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Albany and member for Perth!
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Those people who have been members of this house for more than five minutes know that we did exactly that last year. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Albany and member for Perth!
Those people who have been members of this house for more than five minutes know that we did exactly that last year. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Albany and member for Perth!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Albany and member for Perth!
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Albany and member for Perth!

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