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The Mushroom Cook - The Appeal | The push for life without parole

It was the final day of Erin Patterson's appeal and the prosecutors spent hours picking apart the defence’s arguments. Then, it was time for their own appeal - time to explain why the convicted murderer should die behind bars.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

The Mushroom Cook - The Appeal | Erin to die in jail

Triple murderer Erin Patterson has lost her appeal and sensationally been handed the harshest sentence a court can impose: life without parole.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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