Judge erred allowing room for Erin Patterson parole one day, prosecutors say
The Office of Public Prosecutors says the judge presiding over Patterson's murder trial erred when he allowed for the possibility of the mushroom killer getting parole one day.
Crown prosecutors argue that Judge Christopher Beale erred when he allowed for the possibility of Erin Patterson being released on parole one day in the future. The severity of Patterson's triple murder crimes, prosecutors maintain, warranted a life sentence without parole potential. However, Patterson's defense team contends that the judge's sentence was appropriate, given the harshness of her prison conditions and the solitary confinement she endured.
The Court of Appeal judges Leslie Taylor, Stephen McLeish, and Peter Kidd have reserved their judgments on both appeals.
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