Why Did the Court Suppress the Pell Conviction?
On Tuesday, it was announced that George Pell had been found guilty of sexually abusing two boys in the 1990s.
Pell was found guilty of the crime back in December, but it’s only now that the conviction has been made public due to media suppression laws ordered by the judge.
The use of such laws has raised the question of how we balance the integrity of the court with the public’s right to know.
To discuss the suppression laws in the Pell case, I’m joined by Jason Bosland, Deputy Director of the Centre for Media and Communications Law at the University of Melbourne.
You read Associate Professor Bosland’s writing on the subject at The Conversation.
