![]() ![]() She is now working with criminologists and advocates to develop minimum standards in rape laws to better define consent. Her experience influenced a Law Reform Commission inquiry into the law of consent. These include Saxon Mullins, a young woman who was the complainant in a rape case that involved two trials, two appeals, and judicial errors. ![]() The book is further inspired by detailed consideration of the experience of complainants in two high-profile cases, which Milligan had previously covered in Sydney and Melbourne. Witness is both a gripping revelation of rarely-heard experts' opinions about the realities and flaws of criminal procedure, and a devastating critique of the system. Informed by Milligan's two decades of experience as an investigative journalist, including her specialist work as a court reporter and her sustained coverage of the trials of George Pell, her analysis is enriched by in-depth interviews with prosecutors, defence counsel, solicitors, judges and academics. ![]() ![]() Louise Milligan's new book, Witness, is an excoriating critique of the failures of the criminal justice system in sexual assault trials. ( MENAFN- The Conversation) Book review: Witness, by Louise Milligan (Hachette). ![]()
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