Gday Alex
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I dont notice any other trials where the motive comes out in the news.
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Part of me agrees with this bit, but only in the time between being charged until the trial starts. ie, you apparently can report on the motive "during" the trial, if it was brought up and answered in the trial.
You only have to listen to the likes of Faine/Epstein/Mitchell forensically interrogating witnesses down here when something happens, then going quiet once charged. ie Once charged eveyone has to forget anything they heard and once convicted/found innocent, its fair game again, but the damage has already beeen done, as google doesnt forget.
Perhaps its time to get rid of jury trials as the current social media phenomenon has completely bypassed the way the justice system works.
I always wondered why everyone but the judiciary has had to "move with the times" to get around the disruption of new technology.
Andrew