Questão jurídica principal
Whether the refusal of free legal assistance in the prison-release proceedings violated constitutional rights
Decisão extraída
The refusal did not violate constitutional rights because the underlying request for leave and conditional release was still premature and therefore manifestly hopeless.
Fundamentação extraída
The earliest possible conditional release date was November 2006. The Federal Court had already upheld the authorities' view that the applicant was dangerous and that planning should not be based on the earliest release date. In light of that earlier judgment, the new application remained premature and obviously without prospects of success.