Not known for their brains, are they?

Sorry, said that wrong! The Peter Falconio case verdict was not overturned. I meant the media and public criticism/bias against Joanne Lees was overturned!

The jury also took quite a while to come to their decision.
Juries are often dominated by one or two persuasive members who convince weaker members to go their way.

No doubt time will tell 🧐

I wouldn’t be surprised if, down the track a bit, it turns out it was the husband setting her up & he wasn’t really investigated. 🫢

He had motive. I believe there is a viable alternative.

However, when the police are proved wrong, they tend to double down on a bad decision, instead of finding the truth.

A particular problem I find is the police ‘Facts Sheet’ which is presented to court as ‘fact’ when it’s not. It is the alleged facts from the police’s perspective only.

That is something that has been taken out of context in case after case.
The police are under public & political pressure to solve these cases as quickly as possible. The trouble for me is, they often seem to pick the easiest perpetrator instead of investigating further. Not all coppers obviously 🙄

I also wonder if this case, like the Lindy Chamberlain case, like the Peter Falconio case, and others, will result in an overturned conviction years down the track. 🧐

Like the main women in those cases, Patterson was criticised for showing ‘no emotion’ or the ‘wrong emotion’ in the media.

Absolutely 👍🏻

And I think you’re right, the sub judice rules have been stretched to the limit, if not beyond!

When there’s this amount of media hype, it always makes me question the process and the verdict. I assume she’ll appeal once the hype settles down.

It’s supposed to, but I don’t think it does the way it’s set up

I think there are too many cases of media coverage causing public bias, resulting in undue influence in convictions and sentencing.

If media & public were allowed to attend, but not to report on the trial until afterwards, I believe a fairer trial would result.

#law
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We place a lot of burden and responsibility on jurors to be honest and to not take any notice of any media reporting on a case, so why have that temptation for them in the first place?

Times have changed, so should the laws around trials, in my opinion.

#australia #justice
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Yep, they need a lot more public pressure to take a frickin’ stand

I’m glad @australianlabor.bsky.social have a majority government in order to get in there & do the job! 😊
Make real progress for all of us which will last into the future, for ALL Australians!

Start by doing something about #woodside & #gaza would ya?

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