OtherErin Patterson says juror hotel arrangement was a ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice
Erin Patterson’s lawyers told Victoria’s court of appeal that jurors staying at the same hotel as police and prosecutors while deliberating over her triple-murder verdict denied her a fair trial. Patterson is appealing her convictions, while the state’s director of public prosecutions is challenging her sentence as manifestly inadequate.
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Erin Patterson says juror hotel arrangement was a ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice
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