Vic: Lawyers show respect for Nguyen case

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2005
Vic: Lawyers show respect for Nguyen case

More than a hundred lawyers have gathered on the steps of Melbourne's County Court
.. to observe a minute's silence for the execution of convicted drug runner NGUYEN TUONG
VAN.

Members of the Victorian Criminal Bar Association are marking the moment of NGUYEN's
execution in Singapore.

The vigil is being led by vice-chair STEPHEN SHIRREFS SC .. who will speak out against
mandatory death sentences .. along with leading criminal QC ROBERT RICHTER.

NGUYEN'S lawyer LEX LASRY QC is the bar association's chairman.

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KEYWORD: NGUYEN SILENCE (MELBOURNE)

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