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Cases that led to new laws

2 cases

Cases that informed or gave its name to a change in the law.

Carly Ryan

A 15-year-old groomed online by a man posing as a teenage musician, killed at Horseshoe Bay, South Australia, in 2007. Her case informed the online-safety reforms known as Carly's Law.

Newspaper clippings from the record: Andrew Finch
  • Andrew Finch

    Shot at his Wichita, Kansas, front door in 2017 after a hoax emergency call; the three men charged over the call pleaded guilty.