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Chief Justice Lucy McCallum says courts must accept some jurors have preconceived ideas

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Updated March 8 2022 - 6:57pm, first published 3:00pm
Chief Justice Lucy McCallum at a ceremonial sitting, during which she was sworn into the role, on Tuesday. Picture: James Croucher
Chief Justice Lucy McCallum at a ceremonial sitting, during which she was sworn into the role, on Tuesday. Picture: James Croucher

Jurors are "not idiots" and can perform their duties even if they have read about a case independently of a trial and come to court with preconceived ideas, the ACT's new chief justice believes.

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Blake Foden was a court reporter at The Canberra Times.

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