Juries Act News Today

13 March 2024 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Jury service is when you are instructed to attend court with other members of the public, so the court can select people to sit on juries for upcoming court cases. Even though you are called for jury service, you may not actually serve on a jury. If you…

"Rattenbury's so-called reform to criminalise juror initiative shows just how out of touch he is with today’s society and criminal law processes." HUGH SELBY imagines a what-if event for 2025. 

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Lauren Anne Dickason has been found guilty of murdering her three young children at their Timar

Is killer mum guilty of murder, infanticide - or will insanity defence be accepted?

A law professor believes Lauren Dickason could be facing a minimum of 30 years in prison for murdering her three daughters.

The expert also believes there is a high chance of an appeal.

Lauren Dickason has been found guilty of murdering her three young girls at their Timaru home in 2021, the jury rejecting the defence's case of...

Is killer mum guilty of murder, infanticide - or will insanity defence be accepted?

While countries like the US have been allowing deaf and blind jurors for more than three decades, Australia has been slower to catch on.

Jason Carr, who had worked for the police, looked up details of the man on trial despite judge telling jurors it was illegal to do so