Ramesh Thakur

The curious case of Cardinal Pell and the perils of ‘we believe you’

In Woolmington v. DPP (1935), Viscount Sankey articulated the presumption of innocence as the ‘one golden thread’ running through the criminal justice system. On 22 October 2018, Australian prime minister Scott Morrison apologised in Parliament to thousands of victims of institutional child sex abuse and added: “I believe you, we believe you, your country believes […]