Thursday, May 14, 2009

Free speech vs. the jury trial system

There's an interesting case brewing here - it involves a jury foreman who spoke out to the media to voice his concern over the safety of a manslaughter verdict against a child carer who allegedly shook a child so violently it died. The conviction apparently relied entirely on circumstantial evidence and testimony of expert witnesses, and is itself currently being appealed.

See here for full text of the judgment.

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