19. Kevin's Trial part 3

About this episode

This episode covers the final stages of Kevin's trial, focusing on key procedural elements and the jury's verdict.

Rape on Trial is a fly-on-wall documentary-style podcast for listeners interested in the real-life workings of the criminal process, criminal law and proceedings. Through a series of in-depth case-studies drawing on case files and trial proceedings, we can see for ourselves how the criminal justice system works in rape and serious sex offence cases, and how it doesn't. In this episode, we watch the final stages of Kevin's 'not a rape' rape trial. Key topics and procedural elements covered: the defendant's evidence-in-chief and cross-examination; judge's directions; closing speeches from the prosecution and defence; addressing a client's previous convictions in closing; summary of the evidence and final directions; jury question; verdict; detailed discussion of what constitutes a verdict, how many jurors must agree to return a verdict, what 'guilty' and 'not guilty' mean, and how judge's deal with juries seeking clarification on the meaning of 'sure' or 'beyond reasonable doubt'. Although put together with the general listener firmly in mind, Rape on Trial a must listen for those practicing or studying criminal law, criminal evidence and procedure, advocacy and trial strategy…

People in this episode

Host: Dr Candida Saunders

Topics covered

• criminal justice
• rape trial
• jury verdict
• cross-examination
• criminal law
• evidence

Keywords

• criminal process
• evidence-in-chief
• closing speeches
• jury questions
• guilty verdict
• not guilty verdict
• beyond reasonable doubt

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