George Pell

Before I start on this two things which I got from studying Introduction to the law which almost everyone does if you study economics. commerce, accounting, business.

1. Donoghue V Stevenson   The Judge had the book of Luke as one of his sources for who is your neighbour.
2.  A trial by jury does NOT find a man innocent. They find the person charged guilty or  not guilty.

The high court has quashed the conviction of George Pell principally on grounds I have written about before. ( I claim no expertise on this subject merely amplifying views of friends of mine who are legal practitioners.

We should acknowledge that the high court decision merely gave a decision that most legal scholars thought the Victorian court of appeal would give.

The legal system is built on a trial by jury, an appeal in each state and then if allowed an appeal to the high court.

This is something that Nick Gruen does not seem to appreciate.

To be honest I always though that on the basis of probabilities the chances of this offence occurring was remote. Pell was very much for tradition. It would have been noticed if that tradition was ignored.

Whoopsy. I forgot about this

These people apparently believe, the police, director of public prosecutions and the court of appeals in Victoria are all occupied by culture warriors. Maybe in Wisconsin but not Victoria ( see Kaiser Fung) .
This is both embarrassing and sad.  The only people who are making it about culture wars are those complaining about it.

Miranda Devine complained the ABC did not say it was 7-0 decision. They said it was unanimous!. Does she understand english at all?