Steve Cullen: Defence lawyer on calls to change New Zealand's court system

Published: May 19, 2024, 9:13 p.m.

Top defence lawyers have called for changes to our courtrooms, arguing that it's biased in favour of the prosecution.\xa0

In a letter, the Defence Lawyers Association has outlined how it believes they're automatically disadvantaged.\xa0

Defence Lawyer Steve Cullen told Mike Hosking that there are some aspects worth looking into.\xa0

Cullen said \u201cIf you have the prosecutor sitting in front of the judge, and defence lawyer behind them \u2013 some people may think that gives priority. But jurors don\u2019t know.\u201d\xa0

LISTEN ABOVE.\xa0

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.