LCM was a child of 15 whose diagnosis of FASD was not made prior to his being sentenced for manslaughter. The diagnosis arrived at by a multidisciplinary team shortly before his appeal to the Western Australian Court of Appeal in LCM v The State of Western Australia [2016] WASCA 164 resulted in a significant reduction in his sentence.
Author: Freckelton, I.
Published: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Volume 24, Issue 4)
Date: 3 August 2017
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