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Aleksandra Bliszczyk

FOUND: The bruce lehrmann rape trial has been aborted after jury misconduct - What They Never Told You

The entire jury in the Bruce Lehrmann rape trial has been discharged after a juror was found to have brought outside material into the jury room. The ACT Supreme Court heard on Thursday morning one juror conducted their own research outside the courtroom, which isn’t allowed under their oath, and brought in a research paper on sexual assault. The paper attempted to quantify the number of false complaints and interrogate the reasons for making false complaints. The use of the material went against at least 17 directions from the judge for jurors to not conduct their own research. The paper was discovered by a sheriff’s officer while they were cleaning. They accidentally bumped one of the juror’s plastic folders and the paper fell out. The officer handed the papers to Chief Justice Lucy McCallum
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