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Constitutional law
expert Bill Hodge says the New Zealand tradition of keeping the media away
from juries needs to be looked at, especially in cases such as yesterday's
pack rape verdicts. A jury has found four
men guilty of luring a woman to a beach hut 16 years ago and taking turns to
violate her. The victim was 20 at the time and laid a complaint with police
last year. Dr Hodge says the
events in the trial happened 16 years ago and it was a "he-said,
she-said" situation. He says it would be good to hear just what is going
on in the minds of the jury and why they decided on guilty verdicts. He suspects an incident
where one of the men said he did not have to rape a woman because he could
get any woman he wanted, probably did not endear him to the jury. Dr Hodge compares the
moment to the Michael Jackson trial, where a juror's decision turned because
of the way a witness snapped her fingers at them |
