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“We’ve found a witch. May we burn her?” | “We’ve found a witch. May we burn her?” | ||
:— ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail''}} | :— ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail''}} | ||
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====On herd minds, groupthink and narrative biases==== | ====On herd minds, groupthink and narrative biases==== | ||
{{drop|L|ucy Letby is}} back in the news in 2024. On 24 May, the Court of Appeal denied her leave to appeal against her convictions.<ref>Neither the grounds for the appeal nor the reasons for refusal are yet public, pending the outcome of her retrial.</ref> On 10 June, her retrial for the attempted murder of “Child K” began in Manchester. All this was thrown into relief when, on 13 May, ''New Yorker'' magazine published “{{plainlink|https://wayback-api.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/20/lucy-letby-was-found-guilty-of-killing-seven-babies-did-she-do-it|A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did she do it?}}”, a 13,000-word investigative piece questioning the safety of Letby’s original convictions. | {{drop|L|ucy Letby is}} back in the news in 2024. On 24 May, the Court of Appeal denied her leave to appeal against her convictions.<ref>Neither the grounds for the appeal nor the reasons for refusal are yet public, pending the outcome of her retrial.</ref> On 10 June, her retrial for the attempted murder of “Child K” began in Manchester. All this was thrown into relief when, on 13 May, ''New Yorker'' magazine published “{{plainlink|https://wayback-api.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/20/lucy-letby-was-found-guilty-of-killing-seven-babies-did-she-do-it|A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did she do it?}}”, a 13,000-word investigative piece questioning the safety of Letby’s original convictions. |