Nothing will ever bring Allison Baden-Clay back to her family. Nothing will diminish that loss. Nothing will ever render her death acceptable.
But today, thousands of Queenslanders have turned out to show that they remember Allison. They are rallying to show that they will not be silent about the decision to downgrade Gerard Baden-Clay’s conviction from murder to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
And across the country today, Australians are wearing yellow in solidarity with Allison’s family.
The Courier Mail dedicated its cover image today to the mother of 3 who was killed last year, calling on Queensland to unite for Allison.
Close friends of Allison are leading the march along with the parents of Daniel Morcombe, Senator Glenn Lazarus and Lisa Wilkinson.
“I am here today because like so many, I just have so many questions,” Wilkinson began. “Hopefully in the days, weeks, months ahead we will get the answers we need and we will get justice for Allison.”
We are not in Brisbane today but we are marching for the same cause. For Allison, for her family and for everyone else whose lives have been impacted domestic violence.
This is a day for unity. A day to demand better. A day to say enough.
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Rally to change the law by all means but a public demonstration against a specific court decision strikes me as a really bad idea. There is a reason why judges are insulated from public pressure and it's so they can make correct legal calls even if unpopular. The Premier of Queensland hasn't done a lot to impress me but declining to turn up to this event is certainly the right decision. Apart from anything else, if Baden-Clay was to get a retrial for any reason, any competent defence barrister could mount a pretty good argument that massive public demonstrations about his case make it impossible for him to receive a fair trial.
And nothing will change. the professional parasites need rules like this to keep them in business..