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meeting last month was hosted by the Descendants and attended by gangs including the Rebels, Gypsy Jokers, Finks and Hells Angels.Descendants founder Tom Mackie said the clubs needed to try to shed the criminal image and return to their roots. "We are many things that they say we are but we are not all of them," he said.Under the Serious and Organised Crime (Control) Act police claim the Finks are a criminal gang and a public danger, made up of 46 members and responsible for a wide array of offences including rape, assault and drug manufacture. Premier Mike Rann has claimed they are among the most heinous criminals in society. Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is expected to decide soon if he will outlaw the gang, a move that would prevent members from mixing with each other on a regular basis.If so, they could be issued with control orders preventing them mixing with each other, and with anyone else on a regular basis outside certain approved circumstances.Finks' lawyer Craig Caldicott said the club would argue a judge should be able to decide if justice had been done.He said the law forbids judges to review a government decision, even though it could be made on secret evidence that wouldn't be admissible in court."It is usurping the courts function - parliament is seeking to make the courts a rubber stamp," he said.The concern is widely held among lawyers. SA Law Society president John Goldberg says the laws are reminiscent of the Nazi era in Germany and the Mccarthy era in the US, when authorities ignored basic rights to target specific groups. Mr Goldberg says the law doesn't require proof beyond reasonable doubt, undermines the presumption of innocence and prevents access to the courts to challenge what might be biased, unfounded and unreasonable decisions either by the Attorney general or police.

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