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Vickie Lee Roach: A High Court Case Study

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Indigenous Prisoner, Vickie Lee Roach brought a High Court case that could’ve secured a historic right to vote for 20,000 of Australia's prisoners. Roach was not triumphant in her endeavour to win back her right, and many others rights, to vote, as decided by a High Court Justice in yesterday's trial. However, this trial has become a landmark case. After receiving 125 convictions and 23 court appearances, Roach was imprisoned for reckless driving in 2004 after a police pursuit and seriously injuring the driver of another vehicle. She was to serve a total of 6 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 3 years. Roach overcame her rocky past and became somewhat of a model prisoner, earning a Master's Degree in professional writing. Whilst

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