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| Subject: OZschwitz gulag: Serving time for a traffic offense, the dead man did not need a prison cell Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:19 am | |
| THE death of a prisoner bashed at Grafton jail has put further pressure on the tough sentencing culture of the state government's law and order policies.
The man was serving time for a traffic offence and a psychiatric report to the magistrate who jailed him recommended against a custodial sentence.
It said Ian Klum, 53, a refrigeration mechanic from Woolgoolga, could not read social cues, had been admitted to a psychiatric unit three times and had had shock treatment.
The magistrate Darryl Pearce, known on the provincial court circuit as ''Fierce Pearce'' for the rigour of his sentencing, has a reputation for having judgments overturned.
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