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Legal loophole in double jeopardy cases closed after amendment
Summary by ABC Australia
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DNA Lab Scandal is a case that brought Queensland's closed loop of forensic loopholes in the law of Double Jeopardy.
Brisbane, December 29 2025 – Amendments to Queensland laws on landmark legal changes to the state’s laws on double jeopardy have been passed, to eliminate a loophole in the law that is causing massive failures in the Forensic Science Queensland (FSQ) DNA laboratory. The reform guarantees that people who were previously acquitted due to committing a serious crime can be retried in case new or fixed forensic evidence is found, even in cases where …
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