Can juries still deliver justice in high-profile cases in the age of social media?
- Written by: Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
The recent sudden end to the Bruce Lehrmann trial last month raises again whether the jury is fit for purpose in a 21st century hyper-connected world.
That jury’s service in the Lehrmann case ended peremptorily after it was revealed to the judge that material downloaded from the internet (which was highly relevant to the case and not...
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