11. The journalist and the judge

BLACK HANDS - A family mass murder

Sep 17, 201752:16News & Politics

In 2012 Canadian judge Justice Binnie said David Bain was innocent on the balance of probabilities. Why? Hear what Binnie says and what Martin van Beynen makes of his arguments. And why does Binnie compare van Beynen to...

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