Opinion

George Pell and the fading glory of a jury of your peers

Steve Evans
Updated July 2 2021 - 1:54am, first published April 9 2020 - 4:30am
The High Court overruled a jury's earlier decision to convict Cardinal George Pell of child sexual abuse. Picture: Karleen Minney
The High Court overruled a jury's earlier decision to convict Cardinal George Pell of child sexual abuse. Picture: Karleen Minney

Should juries decide on the facts of a criminal case? Or should judges?

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Steve Evans

Steve Evans

Reporter

Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."

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