I listened to this live, and I’ll be honest, listening to the judge explain the sentencing decision in such minute detail was a real eye opener.
Interesting choice for the first broadcast sentencing, really trying to sell it to the public.
It’s too much like turning the legal system into a reality TV show, and has no place in a civilised society.
Sounds like a family getting generationally more and more sexually violent and then it ending in this.
“He was a troubled and angry young man.”
I’d say that was an understatement. He’s dangerous and I hope he gets some serious therapy.
What was the judge’s reasoning for not putting him in a psychiatric facility instead?
>Sentencing hearings are witnessed daily by journalists, juries, victims or their families. But until now they are little understood by the public because the detail is often simplified in daily news reporting.
That’s an understatement. More like always simplified and many times spun to suit a reporting agenda.
Since watching the Depp trial, my view is that broadcasting trials to the public is the lesser of the two evils. Yes, it does have the regrettable side effect of sensationaling things but it’s better than having things completely opaque.
Everyone was drawing all sorts of conclusions and making accusations of bias with regard to what happened in the Depp v The Sun trial. Having it broadcast publicly would have given people the information they need to make an informed opinion.
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I listened to this live, and I’ll be honest, listening to the judge explain the sentencing decision in such minute detail was a real eye opener.
Interesting choice for the first broadcast sentencing, really trying to sell it to the public.
It’s too much like turning the legal system into a reality TV show, and has no place in a civilised society.
Sounds like a family getting generationally more and more sexually violent and then it ending in this.
“He was a troubled and angry young man.”
I’d say that was an understatement. He’s dangerous and I hope he gets some serious therapy.
What was the judge’s reasoning for not putting him in a psychiatric facility instead?
>Sentencing hearings are witnessed daily by journalists, juries, victims or their families. But until now they are little understood by the public because the detail is often simplified in daily news reporting.
That’s an understatement. More like always simplified and many times spun to suit a reporting agenda.
Since watching the Depp trial, my view is that broadcasting trials to the public is the lesser of the two evils. Yes, it does have the regrettable side effect of sensationaling things but it’s better than having things completely opaque.
Everyone was drawing all sorts of conclusions and making accusations of bias with regard to what happened in the Depp v The Sun trial. Having it broadcast publicly would have given people the information they need to make an informed opinion.