In this week’s episode we speak with Julian McMahon AC SC. Julian is a barrister at the Victorian Bar who came to international prominence representing Australians on death row. In the early 2000s Julian defended Van Nguyen in Singapore and later Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, part of the infamous Bali 9, against drug charges that ultimately led to their deaths. He is highly regarded for having navigated long and complex trials in areas such as homicide, terrorism, corruption and fraud but despite all these accomplishments he insists luck has had a big part to play in his Life in the Law.
Julian’s tribute to Ian Thompson in The Victorian Bar News, pg. 89
Capital Punishment Justice Project
Monash University Elios Anti-Death Penalty Clinic
Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal
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