OIA-94638.pdf [pdf, 7 MB]
..."the true stigma arises from the perceived circumstances of the crime, not from the label attached to the crime". RE LE AS ED U ND ER T HE O FF IC IA L IN FO RM AT IO N AC T 19 82 3 circumstances, which the defence is designed to recognise, do not alter depending on the identity of the child killed. It also means that children in the home, the most vulnerable, have less protection because of the substantially lower maximum penalty for infanticide (3 years)....