Mushroom murder appeal: The jury issue that could decide Erin Patterson's fate
In terms of criminal jury trials, what unfolded in the infamous death cap mushroom case was unique.
Because when the jury was locked away from the outside world to consider a verdict, they were staying in the same hotel, in the same country town, as the police who investigated the case, the lawyers who prosecuted, and the media reporting on it.
This strange arrangement has opened the case to suggestions that the jury was tainted – a central tenet of Erin Patterson’s appeal against her conviction.
Patterson was sentenced to life imprisonment last year, with a non-parole period of…
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