Jeremy Gans: Guilty Pigs and Ouija Board Jurors
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Legal professor Jeremy Gans teaches at Melbourne University's Law School. An accomplished author, he conducts research across all aspects of the criminal justice system, including the highly unconventional.
One of Jeremy's books details a case of juror misconduct involving the use of an Ouija board. Another details the history of the law's treatment of animals. We're talking guilty pigs and trespassing bees. Join Jeremy and I for this episode of Unfiltered as we dive into some of the more bizarre aspects of the criminal justice system.
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The Ouija Board Jurors: Mystery, Mischief and Misery in the Jury System
Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law
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