Having been convicted of sexually abusing children and seeing that conviction upheld by the Victorian Court of Appeal, George Pell is now appealing to the nation's top court – the High Court – to set him free.
Pell's first task is to convince the High Court to grant him "special leave" to appeal. When it comes to criminal cases, the court is highly discretionary. University of Melbourne criminal law expert Jeremy Gans says the court hears about 50 cases a year, including constitutional matters, and grants only about 10 per cent of the requests for special leave.
Gans says it is "more likely" the court will ask for an oral hearing on the Pell case, and then decide whether to grant special leave. Even if the court agrees there are questions of law to answer, it will also need to accept the case is an "appropriate vehicle" for answering those questions. The court does not want to be "digging through trivia to get to the important stuff", says Gans, and its job isn't to relitigate the facts of the case.Jason SouthPell is appealing the verdict of the Victorian Court of Appeal, not the original jury verdict.
There are some reasons to believe the court will hear the case. For one, it has been 25 years since it fleshed out a holistic view on unsafe verdicts. The judges could decide they want to hear all the evidence, or explore a narrow aspect of the case. They could decide Weinberg's judgment is the better view, dismiss the original verdict and set Pell free.
Money and Roman Catholic influence in government.
Because 2 of the Victorian Appellate court judges were on holiday ,metaphorically, when the made their decisions
Save your money, leave him locked up.
Apparently God has other plans for poor old George!
Pray & Appeal to GOD for direction
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