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Mushroom meal guilty verdict

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I think some of you had heard of the poisonous mushroom case in Victoria, Australia.

The court case has been dragging on for the better part of two years, but a guilty verdict was handed down today.


I presume there will be an appeal, psycholgical and psychiatric evaluation and so on, but Erin Patterson will spend her first night in prison today. Sentence has not yet been passed.
 

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Sentence has finally been passed.


Erin Patterson was sentenced to life in prison and she cannot apply for parole until she has served 33 years.

She's already been in detention for 676 days, which is about 22 months. She's 50 years old so she won't be able to apply for parole till she is in her early 80's.


Given her age (50) and the 676 days she’s already spent in detention, this means Patterson will not be eligible to apply for parole until 2056, when she is in her 80s.
 
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