Introduction

The Andrew Millard Case was not supported by the principles of justice. There were many principles of justice that were brutally broken, some of them were ‘Fair Treatment by Police’, ‘Fair Trial’, ‘Innocent Before Proven Guilty’ and ‘Equality Before the Law’. Because of these principles of justice being practically ignored, Mr Millard was sent to prison for a life sentence, but eventually after 12 years in prison Mr. Millard could appeal. The new information that Mr. Millard’s defence team and the ACCC found was shocking. They found that the police tampered witness statements, edited, and changed valuable information, withheld vital information from Mr. Millard’s Defence Team and did not create a suitable environment for Mr. Millard.

Fair Treatment by Police

Fair treatment by police. At the start all the way to the end of this ordeal the police did not help Andrew Millard at all. When Mr. Millard was interrogated, the police did not take into fact that he needed a special environment to suit his needs. Mr. Millard also thought that he was ‘helping’ the police, by describing what could have happened. But the police ‘back-stabbed’ him and tricked him into allegedly ‘confessing’ to the murder. Mr Millard was not treated by the police with Fair treatment. Some ways to ensure the safety of people like Andrew Millard would be, to always check individuals before questioning about PTSD, anxiety, dyslexia, autism, or even depression (basically the police should check to see if there is any mental issues or problems that would affect the interrogation) so the police can create a more suitable area for the individual. This would look like changing interrogation rooms to suit the person’s needs, e.g., for anxiety, a calmed room with less stressful conditions that might cause the suspect to get overwhelmed and not be able to give proper answers or even not be able to answer at all. Mr. Millard was not treated by the police with fair treatment.

Fair Trial

Mr. Millard was also not treated to a fair trial, at all. There was a lot of corruption and tampering in the case, when Mr. Millard was being interrogated and processed the police tampered and changed vital information about the case, they even edited witness statements. When someone gets interrogated and processes through this system, it is believed and expected that it should be the safest and most non-corrupted environment, but when the police did numerous incorrect and illegal things to the case, for example when they withheld vital information from Mr. Millard, it seems that there was no one to notice what was going on. Mr. Millard was not given the Fair trial that the justice system promises, as the Fair trial principle was not supported. There are many different things that could change to help this problem in the system, some of these are, having managers and overseers in the high-level court cases. These managers will see if anyone in the police system is getting bribed, blackmailed or even if they are trying to cut corners and ‘solve’ a case without going through every bit of evidence thoroughly. The managers themselves will go through many tests to determine if they are adequately prepared for the job and to report anything going wrong no matter what is going on. This will ensure the security and the safety of the police and the alleged criminals.

Conclusion

The Andrew Millard case was not supported by the principles of justice. As evidenced by the high amounts of principles compromised when compared to the principles supported. Mr. Millard was not only disadvantaged but also taken advantaged of and lied to by the police. Due to this monstrosity Andrew Millard was incorrectly sentenced to life imprisonment with no parole, but due to him appealing, he was set free after spending 12 years in prison. Mr. Millard was not supported by the principles of justice.

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