一個月前寫了澳洲中國人應該知道的一件案一文,聯邦最高法院今天頒佈了判辭,判李少校上訴得直,撤銷定罪,發還軍事審裁處重新考慮。
首先不要誤會以為上訴獲勝與種族歧視的指控扯得上關係,本案上訴得直是因為審裁處律師對審裁處作錯誤法律引導所致,從判辭的註句,可見端倪:
Defence – Military forces – Discipline – Service offences – Offence of creating a disturbance on service land – Meaning of "disturbance" – Physical and fault elements of "creating" a disturbance – Whether violence or threat of violence necessary to existence of "disturbance" – Whether "creating" a disturbance has one or two physical elements.
錯誤引導做成審判不公,才是李少校上訴得直的主因,跟種族言論毫無關係。我相信審裁處未必再有其他行動,反正李少校離職多時。如果審裁處重新考慮並修正法律上的錯誤,到其時李少校可能再被定罪。不過再裁決可能甚低,應該不了了之。
sometimes the moral merits are with one party, but the legal merits are with the other party, the appeal court will have to face difficulty in reaching a sensible decision
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