Freckelton Ian
Barrister, Crockett Chambers; Professorial Fellow of Law and Psychiatry, University of Melbourne; Adjunct Professor of Forensic Medicine, Monash University.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2017 Aug 3;24(4):485-495. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2017.1350931. eCollection 2017.
LCM was a child of 15 whose diagnosis of FASD was not made prior to his being sentenced for the senseless and brutal manslaughter of his infant son. The diagnosis arrived at by a multidisciplinary team shortly before his appeal to the Western Australian Court of Appeal in [2016] WASCA 164 resulted in a significant reduction in his sentence. It also prompted the Court to undertake a foundational and internationally informed analysis of the relevance of FASD to the sentencing process and to call for improved awareness of the need for early and accurate diagnosis of the disorder.
LCM是一名15岁的少年，在他因毫无意义且残忍地杀害自己的幼子而被判刑之前，并未被诊断出患有胎儿酒精谱系障碍（FASD）。2016年，一个多学科团队在他向西澳大利亚上诉法院[2016] WASCA 164提出上诉前不久做出了该诊断，这使得他的刑期大幅缩短。这也促使法院对FASD与量刑过程的相关性进行了具有基础性且借鉴国际经验的分析，并呼吁提高对该疾病早期准确诊断必要性的认识。
