'Landmark
ruling against Tasmanian Holocaust denier'
This is how the Australian Jewish News, trumpeted Jeremy
Jones's victory in court where Mrs Olga Scully defended herself
against a Senior Counsel. She presented a 111-page affidavit in
the hope of addressing each item complained of. Bit Justice Hely
brushes over this legal right of hers, and invites Counsel for the
prosecution to directly begin cross-examination. Mrs Scully had no
hope in winning this case.
The court hearing under the Racial Discrimination Act dispenses
with the rigorous Evidence Act. Anything is accepted, or rejected,
by the judge. Jeremy Jones does not have to prove that the
material Mrs Scully distributes is hurtful to his being. He does
not have to submit a psychiatrist's report testifying specifically
how he has suffered. It is merely his word against Mrs Scully's
defence that she is sincere in her beliefs, and that as a teacher,
she is merely fulfilling an educative role that should have been
done by our school system.
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