Do Members of the Public Have a ‘Right to Know’ about Similar Fact Evidence? The Emily Perry Story and the ‘Right to Know’ in the Context of a Fair Re-Trial
<p>In South Australia in 1981, an intriguing criminal trial took shape around Emily Perry who was charged with two counts of attempting to murder her husband with arsenic. Similar fact evidence about the deaths of a former husband, a de facto partner and a brother led to a jury finding her gui...
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Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Oñati Socio-Legal Series |
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| Online Access: | http://ssrn.com/abstract=2507139 |