TV crime shows and discussions on talk-back radio may be creating a negative impression of the Australian justice system, after a survey found just 35% of Australians had confidence in their court and prison system.
While 79 per cent of Danish citizens surveyed had “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the [...]
This may be the law, but is it justice?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 25 November, 2009 to the comment subset
Google the verdict, is this the end of the jury system?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 12 November, 2008 to the comment subset
A review of the way court cases are conducted may be necessary as younger jurors, who apparently have shorter attention spans than older jurors, and are also more wont to trawl the web looking for additional case information, some of which may be considered inadmissible evidence, start to become more involved in criminal trails. [...]
