Insight: Season 2024 Episode 14

Trial By Media

Why do some police investigations become a press frenzy? What happens when a court case plays out like a television drama? In this episode of Insight- a convicted murderer seeking to clear his name, a man once suspected of being a serial killer and a former detective who cracked one of Australia’s most baffling mysteries sit side by side with journalists, defence lawyers, a former magistrate and a defamed former SAS commander to discuss with Kumi Taguchi how the legal system can be influenced by the court of public opinion – for better or worse.