Are you really trying to pretend that the lack of success at appeal in anyway proves guilt? We dress the appeals process up as a safety net but it is really just a fairy story we tell ourself to feel better about our hopelessly broken judicial system, isn’t it? Some of the highest profile miscarriages of justice had gone to appeal several times and the appeals rejected before eventually being quashed. Unfortunately the judiciary don’t like marching their homework down. Further you might not like it but a majority verdict does suggest that the evidence of guilt presented by the crown was not strong enough to convince a significant number of the jury of Luke’s guilt, but that’s simply logic, and yes that could have been as many as seven.
I don't disagree with most of that but am I right in thinking that Sandra Lean is attempting to have the conviction overturned on a technicality rather than prove innocence?
Assuming that is the case, Luke will always have this stigma hanging over his head as overturning any conviction on a technicality is not an exoneration.
