Trial by judge alone may not be the answer to giving high-profile defendants a fair hearing
- Written by John Eldridge, Lecturer, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
Prejudice is increasingly difficult to remove from jurors.ShutterstockIn April 2013, Adrian Bayley pleaded guilty to Jill Meagher’s murder. As the case was the subject of heavy media coverage, there would have been few Australians who were not well aware of it.
It’s worth pondering, then, what might have happened had – as was...