Max Stuart
Indigenous Australian convicted of murder in 1959 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rupert Maxwell (Max) Stuart (c.ā1932[notes 1] ā 21 November 2014[1]) was an Indigenous Australian who was convicted of murder in 1959. His conviction was subject to several appeals to higher courts,[2][3] the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and a Royal Commission,[4] all of which upheld the verdict. Newspapers campaigned successfully against the death sentence being imposed. After serving his sentence, Stuart became an Arrernte elder and from 1998 till 2001 was the chairman of the Central Land Council.[5] In 2002, a film was made about the Stuart case.