We all know (well I hope we do) that a not guilty finding in court, an acquittal, or overturning of a conviction, does not mean the person is innocent.
From a legal standpoint they may be, but nit necessarily in reality (right, OJ?).
There are many factors that can influence a judge, a jury, or lawyers. And there are factors that can influence a conviction or sentence.
Unfortunately, some of these factors are wealth; fame, and influence if the individual or the organisation they belong to.
Now my mother and her sisters are firmly in the camp of "Pell can't do wrong because he's a man of god" camp. They will bend over backwards to defend him (though aunt Sally is more likely to bend forward).
And I think it's ironic that the term "witch hunt" is being used to defend someone from the organisation that invented them...
From a legal standpoint they may be, but nit necessarily in reality (right, OJ?).
There are many factors that can influence a judge, a jury, or lawyers. And there are factors that can influence a conviction or sentence.
Unfortunately, some of these factors are wealth; fame, and influence if the individual or the organisation they belong to.
Now my mother and her sisters are firmly in the camp of "Pell can't do wrong because he's a man of god" camp. They will bend over backwards to defend him (though aunt Sally is more likely to bend forward).
And I think it's ironic that the term "witch hunt" is being used to defend someone from the organisation that invented them...
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
