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Melbourne, Australia — In a significant pivot, Victoria is set to enact what Premier Jacinta Allan has described as the “toughest bail laws in Australia.” This move comes as a reversal from 2023 reforms that softened the stringent bail laws following criticism from a coroner regarding the legislation’s role in the 2020 jail death of Veronica Nelson. Nelson, a First Nations woman, had been imprisoned on a minor shoplifting charge. Premier Allan, admitting a previous misstep in softening the laws, extended an apology to victims of crimes perpetrated by offenders on bail. The state’s revised … Read more