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NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell said the prevalence of social media posed a risk to the fact-finding process in jury trials.

‘I cannot imagine a need for the instruction unless there was an early disagreement in that room on the evidence and the standards,’ he said.

‘The list; it houses some very ugly racial stereotypes. And in its attempt to eliminate implicit bias, it’s actually really codifying racial stereotypes.’

NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell said the prevalence of social media posed a risk to the fact-finding process in jury trials.

‘I cannot imagine a need for the instruction unless there was an early disagreement in that room on the evidence and the standards,’ he said.

‘The list; it houses some very ugly racial stereotypes. And in its attempt to eliminate implicit bias, it’s actually really codifying racial stereotypes.’