Expunging the criminal records of kids in care does not absolve the state's injustices against them
- Written by Katherine McFarlane, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Law & Justice, Charles Sturt University
Children in care were wrongly convicted by the actions of the state.Shutterstock
In the Victorian parliament last week, legislation was introduced to address a “serious historical injustice” that saw thousands of vulnerable children in state care treated as criminals.
The Victorian government will expunge the records of people who were...