Fed: Johnno s death sparks mandatory sentencing furore

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: March 25, 2000 | Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)
03-25-2000
Fed: Johnno s death sparks mandatory sentencing furore

By Fiona Hamilton

CANBERRA, March 25 AAP - The furore over mandatory sentencing - particularly of teenagers
- had its flashpoint in the death of 15-year-old "Johnno" in a Darwin cell last month.

Johnno hanged himself with a sheet after being jailed for stealing paint and stationery
and breaking glass louvres on Groote Eylandt, 800km east of Darwin. It w...

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