Max Stuart
Rupert Maxwell (Max) Stuart (born c. 1932) is an Indigenous Australian who was convicted of murder in 1959. His conviction was subject to several appeals to higher courts, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and a Royal Commission, all of which upheld the verdict. Newspapers campaigned successfully against the death penalty being imposed. After serving his sentence, Stuart became an Arrernte elder and from 1998 - 2001 was the chairman of the Central Land Council. In 2002, a film was made about the Stuart case.
Read more about Max Stuart: Early Life, The Crime, The Stuart Case, Royal Commission, Campaigns Against Death Sentence, Imprisonment, Significance of The Case, Indigenous Politics, Publications On The Case, Docudrama, Film, Documentary
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