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Jefferson Lewis could face life in prison. Traditional law calls for a different kind of justice

The Sydney Morning Herald·Riley Walter·about 1 month ago
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Warning: This story contains images of a deceased Indigenous person. After police found the body of Kumanjayi Little Baby on the banks of the Todd River, they vowed to bring to justice the man they say killed her. On the fifth day of a manhunt to find Jefferson Lewis, accused of abducting and murdering the five-year-old girl, Lewis surrendered to Charles Creek Camp. There, five kilometres from Kumanjayi Little Baby’s home, he was severely beaten by a vigilante group . Unconscious, Lewis was handcuffed, bringing an end to a pursuit that had gripped the country. Still, the community wanted more. Hundreds rioted outside Alice Springs Hospital demanding payback ; justice, they said, had not been done. As police cars were set on fire and rubber bullets were fired into an angry crowd, the community demanded that Lewis be handed over. In the Indigenous communities of the vast central Australian desert, unwritten rules govern the way of life.…

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