{"id":47540,"date":"2026-08-20T06:32:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=47540"},"modified":"2026-08-20T06:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:32:55","slug":"erin-patterson-appeal-live-prosecutors-seek-life-in-prison-without-parole-for-triple-murderer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=47540","title":{"rendered":"Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kissane says Jenny Hosking, from Corrections Victoria, told the court that Patterson\u2019s placement in Dame Phyllis Frost Centre\u2019s Gordon unit \u2013 a protected area \u2013 was reviewed monthly.<\/p>\n<p>He says Patterson has access to the prison\u2019s library and leisure centre. During cross-examination last year, Hosking said that this time was limited due to staff shortages causing prison lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Kissane says the court heard evidence that inside her cell Patterson has a computer and material for crocheting.<\/p>\n<p>Kissane acknowledges Patterson\u2019s prison conditions are \u201cnot a perfect environment\u201d but says the evidence does not support Justice Christopher Beale\u2019s conclusion that there is a substantial risk she will be kept in solitary confinement for years to come.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2026\/aug\/20\/erin-patterson-appeal-live-court-mushroom-murders-australia-victoria-ntwnfb' target='_blank'>Read the original article on www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kissane says Jenny Hosking, from Corrections Victoria, told the court that Patterson\u2019s placement in Dame Phyllis Frost Centre\u2019s Gordon unit \u2013 a protected area \u2013 was reviewed monthly. He says Patterson has access to the prison\u2019s library and leisure centre. During cross-examination last year, Hosking said that this time was limited due to staff shortages [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,3],"tags":[68,29,33],"class_list":["post-47540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commodities","category-technology","tag-impact-sol","tag-signal-avoid","tag-stage-stage-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}