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Originally Posted by Nikolas
Agreed
the saturation media coverage and "trial by media" has already started.
This will make the trial harder but luckily WA has trial by judge laws which can eliminate some issues they may have with a jury that may have formed an opinion by media opinion.
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That assumes it ever gets to a trial. My betting is on the man involved getting himself a tame shrink who will (for an exorbitant fee of course) declare that he was denied a Terminator doll as a child and developed PTSD as a result and was therefore uable to distinguish between right and wrong. He'll end up with a fistfull of Prozac and a psychiatric discharge into the community after some token period in a ward.
There are already reports of his suffering self-inflicted injuries and not being in a fit state to be charged.
Of course the media, with it's usual mindlessness will pursue every sensational headline they can no matter what the consequences to any hope of a fair trial. Even if convicted, that sort of thing us a direct pathway to an appeal. But the headline is everything these days. Prurient interest trumps decency every day.
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