Five Minutes of Silence: When a Judge Refuses to Let Evil Be Minimized
A Queensland judge just did something extraordinary.During sentencing, a defence barrister tried to minimise a grown man’s sexual act with a 14‑year‑old child by saying it “only lasted five minutes.”
The judge stopped him.And then he stopped the entire courtroom.
“Sit down for five minutes… starting now.”
He made everyone sit in silence for the same amount of time the offender abused that child.
That’s not theatrics — that’s moral clarity.That’s a judge refusing to let evil be softened or sanitised.
We need more of this.I’m J Fallon — and this is The Slippery Slope Podcast.
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