FIGURE1 Using the TEEL structure will help you organise your argument paragraphs.
Topic sentence describes what the argument paragraph addresses
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Explanation explains your main argument in detail
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Evidence supports your argument with at least one piece of evidence
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Linking sentence links the paragraph back to the main question
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JURIES NEED TO BE TOLD HOW THEY’RE ALLOWED TO USE THE INTERNET TO ENSURE FAIR TRIALS
Juries are supposed to consider evidence without inþuence or bias from the outside world. However, the widespread access to and use of the internet and social media threatens to undermine this, with signiýcant consequences for our criminal justice system and those within it. Because courts cannot effectively police smartphone use, they must adapt to it. This week the Tasmania Law Reform Institute completed its yearlong inquiry into courts and the information age, and has recommendations as to how they can adapt. The right to a fair and unbiased trial by your peers
FIGURE2 What jurors see online could affect their decisions in the courtroom
An accused person’s right to a fair trial is the most fundamental principle of our criminal justice system. It is a phrase that describes a system that affords an accused person many protections. That system relies on jurors being impartial and returning a verdict that is based solely on the evidence that is presented within the courtroom. In the past, this was easy to achieve. Juror communications during trial hours and even after them could be controlled. . . . The shift in the way people access news, information and communications in the modern age has changed this reality. Almost every Australian has access to the internet via their smartphone or other devices, social media use is habitual among much of our population and the internet is a ubiquitous source of information for most people. Jurors are no different — in fact, they represent the wider Australian community these statistics describe. While jurors’ smartphones are removed from them during trial, they cannot be removed before or after the trial
Jacaranda Humanities Alive 7 Victorian Curriculum Third Edition
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