If it's a hung jury the Director of Public Prosecutions can retry it before a new jury or drop it.It will be VERY depressing if he walks away from this, unscathed.
What happens in Australia, if the jury is split and cannot come to a decision?
If it's a hung jury the Director of Public Prosecutions can retry it before a new jury or drop it.It will be VERY depressing if he walks away from this, unscathed.
What happens in Australia, if the jury is split and cannot come to a decision?
Take heart folks, (plus those following the Greg Lynn trial) - remember we had our fingers crossed for the Trump and Daybell verdicts.
Murder trials that don't result in a conviction are not usually regarded as "unsolved murders,"
There are countless cases in which the prime suspect has been found not guilty. That's not what I'm talking about.OJ Simpson is the best example that I can think of. The deaths of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman remain unsolved murders.
they're not going to go back to the office after the acquittal we ll hope won't happen and say "maybe we can change tack and pin this on Kallista."
I don't think I saw that addressed in what we heard about the trial?
Bolded bit is your opinion/assumption.
If Stein is found not guilty, who's to say that in future a credible witness, and/or strong piece of evidence, may not come to police attention that puts KM front and centre of the killing? If that were to happen, IMO they would be looking to charge her.
Unless evidence to the court absolutely rules her out, which maybe it does and that's why LE haven't charged her with anything.
IMO, KM is as much a liar as is Stein.
My own feeling is that she likely knows more than she's letting on. I suspect that police may have threatened her with charges unless she co-operated with the prosecution.
I feel quite sure of it, that she was treated differently from the very beginning by not being formally detained in cells - she went for some form of mental health treatment and probably also physical health issues and then into some type of rented supported accommodation it seems (re officially published media stories). She wasn't detained on remand as an accused offender is my point.
That would take some fancy footwork by her legal representation IMO, to firmly position her as 'victim' and not perpetrator or co-conspirator. We don't know what happened re her pregnancy but that matter could have been a big factor. It would seem that victim status, addiction, mental health, physical issues and her pregnancy have been asserted as well as JMO sneaky feeling LE have had to keep her sweet in order to weaponize her and her account against JS, otherwise they'd have very little to go on. MOO
There are certain protocols they should adhere to, if they want their interview to remain as evidence.
Meth junkies and logic don't go together...From what I read, there wasn't any suggestion that Kallista was aware of the videos depicting child sexual abuse on Steins phone.
She found dating apps and messages that indicated he was cheating, including with one of Kallista's friends.
She subsequently stole Stein's car, and Stein reported the theft to police and then left a bunch a voice messages on Kallista's phone telling her that he had both guns and was coming to kill her. This was at three in the morning.
She later returned and they made up again and went to sleep.
All the while, Charlise was still missing and Kallista had not reported it to the police.
Perhaps I'm naïve, but I'm completely blown away at the every day ins and outs of the relationship between these two meth junkies. You couldn't make this stuff up.
And if they want the interviewee to be in a cooperative mood.
I remember Greg Lynn's lawyer saying he had problems with Lynn's interview (I think he was looking to get it thrown out) ... but it managed to stay in evidence. Because the police did everything right. imo
Yes, and these days, with timestamped video recordings of such interviews, it's hard to claim procedural fault where there isn't any.
I was concerned that the early questioning of Lynn at his house in 2020 may have been ruled procedurally invalid.
I can't remember the timeline, but he was staying with a friend called Jason at Surry Hills when he was arrested, and he had been staying there some days. From news.com.au:Was Stein there when all of this happened? Or had he already scarpered off to another place? I think he had left already.
In this article, Stein’s friend, Jason, says Stein was at his Surry Hills unit for “days” before being arrested.Was Stein there when all of this happened? Or had he already scarpered off to another place? I think he had left already. imo