The Indonesian children Australia wrongly imprisoned in adult jails

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In 2009, during the highly charged political climate around border protection, Indonesian children were wrongly jailed in Australia as adult people smugglers. This week the Western Australia court of appeal overturned their convictions and found ‘a substantial miscarriage of justice has occurred’. Reporter Christopher Knaus breaks down the now-discredited medical technique used by the Australian Federal Police to prosecute these children, and why it’s taken 12 years to have their appeal heard

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