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The "jury" ground of appeal has also now been clarified, the C/A having released the grounds of appeal:

There was a fundamental irregularity in the trial process, because the accused was not arraigned in the presence of the jury panel as required.
 
The "jury" ground of appeal has also now been clarified, the C/A having released the grounds of appeal:

There was a fundamental irregularity in the trial process, because the accused was not arraigned in the presence of the jury panel as required.
An odd piece of incompetence considering the high profile nature of the trial.
 
My understanding was private donors but have no idea who will pay for appeal. Legal Aid?

Walker isn't cheap either, read somewhere that he got over a million for the RC into Murray Darling.
It should be noted that Richter/Shann and Walker/??? are both now "on tap" so to speak, rather than certainties in either case to do the actual appeal.
It's normal practice to have a back-up in case the other is unable to appear when the appeal comes around.
 

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The "jury" ground of appeal has also now been clarified, the C/A having released the grounds of appeal:

There was a fundamental irregularity in the trial process, because the accused was not arraigned in the presence of the jury panel as required.
I could be getting this wrong but wasn’t Pell presented with the jury candidates to ensure that there was no conflict of interest?

Or am I confusing that with what is being alleged?
 
i think bringing them down when empty is to misleading, but thats just my opinion.

They wouldn't be able to get the jury to rock up for duty on a Sunday, it's just a Monday to Friday gig so they could only organise that visit during the week.
 
It is common practice to bring a jury down to see a crime scene. So they can see the actual place, not be relying upon a built up a mental picture of it like you would get from reading a novel or hearing a description of it second hand.

I think this line of argument is clutching at straws.
On the case where I sat as a jury member we were told not to go to the crime scene (Epping Road Sydney), to avoid it at all costs. We were warned that doing so could have us removed from the Jury panel. We were told to only focus on the evidence presented in court.
 
I could be getting this wrong but wasn’t Pell presented with the jury candidates to ensure that there was no conflict of interest?

Or am I confusing that with what is being alleged?
I don't know any more than is in the reported ground of appeal.

Pay me the wage** of a Supreme Court judge, and I'll do some research on it.


**$400,000 pa (actually $412,000, but a discount for cash).
 

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Yes, Current Archbishop of Melbourne said this in an interview; wealthy private individuals (and not the Melbourne Archdiocese).
Must be starting to get a bit toey; 2 trials already, plus an appeal and possibly a re-trial to come will put a bit of a dent in any pocket.

Still, they can console themselves that they are getting closer to heaven every time they write another cheque:
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
 
Things we don't know as the key witness statement is not public.

However I can see why the jury would have been taken there: to see if what access there was to the area, where the wine was kept, area/dimensions for example. Impossible to replicate and filming and video animation would be misleading and I agree with the Judge, could be misinterpreted as fact.
Oh look, somebody just tried to open the door to the sacristy but it was locked. And there's the choirmaster rounding up all the choirboys. All this while the arch bishop is standing out front being reminded by his assistant not to rape all the children...
 
One of the original jurors got challenged on the case I was on, some young bloke wearing scruffy surf gear that looked like he'd been on the bongs.

I was the unlucky campaigner that called up as his replacement, I was spewing as I thought I was going to get out of it.

I made the mistake of being neatly dressed, I should've worn scruffy surf gear and smoked bongs beforehand as I might have been challenged as well.

On the case where I sat as a jury member we were told not to go to the crime scene (Epping Road Sydney), to avoid it at all costs. We were warned that doing so could have us removed from the Jury panel. We were told to only focus on the evidence presented in court.

We didn't get to visit the crime scene either on the case I was on, I don't think it would have made any difference to my decision if we'd visited it though.

What convinced me most to give a not guilty verdict was that the accused took the stand to deny the charges in a very honest, confident manner. Had he not done that like Pell did and stayed silent I wouldn't have been so inclined to go with the not guilty verdict.

The defence lawyer also ran rings around the prosecution lawyer who was hopeless and didn't present a good case at all, that also swayed my decision.
 
One of the original jurors got challenged on the case I was on, some young bloke wearing scruffy surf gear that looked like he'd been on the bongs.

I was the unlucky campaigner that called up as his replacement, I was spewing as I thought I was going to get out of it.

I made the mistake of being neatly dressed, I should've worn scruffy surf gear and smoked bongs beforehand as I might have been challenged as well.



We didn't get to visit the crime scene either on the case I was on, I don't think it would have made any difference to my decision if we'd visited it though.

What convinced me most to give a not guilty verdict was that the accused took the stand to deny the charges in a very honest, confident manner. Had he not done that like Pell did and stayed silent I wouldn't have been so inclined to go with the not guilty verdict.

The defence lawyer also ran rings around the prosecution lawyer who was hopeless and didn't present a good case at all, that also swayed my decision.
As soon as Pell opens his mouth people dislike him, he may be a considerate humane individual as Howard tell us he is, but you here him give evidence at RC and tv interviews and he does himself no favours
 
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