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I applaud Jerome Williamson's stand
and loyalty to his father (October 31). A man's character and integrity are
indeed his most treasured possessions. If there had been any doubts in
his father's mind, they could only have been because Justice Williamson found
the very law he served restricted him in dealing justly and correctly with
the case on account of a poorly considered amendment in 1986 to the Evidence
Act 1908. The act amendments allowed
uncorroborated evidence to be presented in sexual cases. Judges were no
longer required to warn juries of the danger of convicting on uncorroborated
evidence. Had the law not been changed, I feel confident Justice Williamson
would have acted differently in the Ellis case. As a lawyer Jerome Williamson
should dig deep into his law books in an endeavour to return justice to an
even keel by revisiting the amendment of this act. Then, perhaps, judges will
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