Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice

Erin Patterson is appealing her triple murder convictions in Victoria's highest court, with her lawyers arguing that keeping jurors in the same hotel as police and prosecutors during deliberations was a catastrophic failure of justice. The Guardian reports that three judges have started hearing the appeal, along with a separate one filed by the state's director of public prosecutions. Both challenges address the conviction and sentence.

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