The Importance Of The Chamberlain Vs. The Queen Case

Introduction on the importance of the case to Australian law and society and a very brief summary outline of what your article will cover: The Chamberlain vs The Queen case was an impactful Case that outlined the failures of the justice system when media and outside sources were providing the narrative, not the prosecution or the defendant. The Chamberlain vs The Queen case was a case in 1980 where two parents Lindy chamberlain and her husband Michael Chamberlain were accused of Murdering their baby at an Ayres Rock campsite in The NT. The case was heavily impacted by the Media and the local public accusing and continuing to push the narrative that the Chamberlains murdered their kid instead of what really happened where a dingo came and took

They searched and could not find the body instead they found the shirt the baby was wearing which had no signs of a dingo attack which made the public and media suspicious about the claim it was a dingo that took the baby

She reported it to the police and a search was taken across the campsite and beyond, they only found a jacket that was smeared with blood

An inquiry was taken to find out the real reason for the death of the toddler, the inquiry taken by the coroner supported the couple saying that a Dingo did take the kid and that the police “‘evidence’ against the Chamberlains did not stand up.” (The Story Lindy Chamberlain)

The Chamberlains Home was raided a couple of months later and eyewitnesses continued to be interviewed by detectives and police, More inquests were requested the first was overturned the second resulted in nothing but was turned over to trial

The trial resulted in Lindy chamberlain being sentenced to life without parole and her husband to three years suspended, They served 2 years but they finally found a bloodied jacket worn by Azaria (the dead Chamberlains baby) which discovered the truth that it was in fact a dingo that took and killed the

After the jacket was found that Azaria Chamberlain was wearing the State and Federal government had to make a law allowing another Royal commission to be held to squash the convictions placed against the Chamberlains and they were allowed to go free after that. The case did influence peoples thinking by making sure to not take everything face value since a lot of the pressure that had resided over the chamberlains was that from the media and the general public, if she wore a nice dress she was criticised if she smiled she was not the “Grieving mother” everyone thought she would be. The final impact that does link back to not taking everything at face value is that sometimes the justice system does get it wrong and that can lead to false prosecution and so called justice which changes many lives in the