In the recent case of Pell v The Queen, the High Court quashed the jury’s verdict and reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal (majority) in Victoria. This article analyses the High Court’s approach to determining the facts that were open to the jury and to determining whether the jury erred in finding Cardinal Pell guilty. The High Court’s decision raises important issues about the jury as Australia’s constitutional tribunal for deciding issues of fact, how appellate courts review a jury’s verdict, how juries and appellate courts make findings of fact, and the challenges of finding facts in historical sexual abuse cases.

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佩尔诉女王案中的高等法院：对陪审团决定的“不合理”审查

在最近的 Pell v The Queen 一案中，高等法院撤销了陪审团的裁决，并推翻了维多利亚州上诉法院（多数）的裁决。本文分析了高等法院确定陪审团公开的事实以及确定陪审团是否错误地认定佩尔枢机主教有罪的方法。高等法院的决定提出了关于陪审团作为澳大利亚宪法法庭决定事实问题的重要问题，上诉法院如何审查陪审团的裁决，陪审团和上诉法院如何作出事实调查，以及在历史性虐待案件中寻找事实的挑战。