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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

By marjane satrapi, persepolis: the story of a childhood summary and analysis of "the sheep," "the trip," and "the f-14's".

Marjane ’s Uncle Anoosh stays with the family for a time. He and her father have intense political debates. Marjane’s father is a bit perplexed by the political trajectory of the country -- the Revolution had been leftist while the Republic is now Islamic. Anoosh explains that because Iran is largely uneducated and illiterate, the people cannot unite behind ideas. They must unite around nationalism or a religious ideal. Anoosh predicts that the religious leaders will have no interest in ruling the country and will soon return to their mosques letting the people rule the country.

Outside at play, Marjane finds out that a boy she has a crush on is moving to the United States. The boy’s parents fear living under an Islamic regime. Another boy is excited for his friend, saying that he will probably meet Bruce Lee, though Marjane knows Bruce Lee is dead. Soon, others in Marjane’s family leave for the United States. Marjane’s mother worries that they should leave, but her father refuses to leave their affluent station in life. In America , he declares, he would be a taxi driver and she would be a cleaning lady. Marjane’s father is sure that everyone will soon come back to Iran.

One evening, the family receives a phone call and learns that Mohsen has been killed. He had been drowned in his bathtub. The authorities call it an accident, but “when they found his body, only his head was underwater.” A group of men calling themselves the “deliverers of divine justice” soon comes for Siamak and, when they are unable to find him, murders his sister. Siamak and his family leave Iran, hiding amongst a flock of sheep to cross the border. Anoosh’s pronouncements that everything will be all right become harder to believe. This is how “all the former revolutionaries became the sworn enemies of the republic.”

One day, Marjane’s mother picks her up from school. Marjane asks why Anoosh has not picked her up and her mother tells her that Anoosh has gone back to Moscow to see his wife. Secretly, Marjane understands that he has been taken and imprisoned once again. Her parents avoid the topic at dinner before her father finally tells her the truth: Anoosh has been arrested but he has asked that his one visitor be Marjane. She goes to visit him and he tells her that she is “the little girl I always wanted to have.” He gives her a bread swan. It is the last time that Marjane sees her uncle. A few days later, a headline in the newspaper reads, “Russian Spy Executed.” Marjane attempts to repeat her uncle’s words that “Everything will be alright,” but when her friend God appears Marjane yells at him and tells him to get out of her life. Marjane imagines floating, alone, in empty space, “lost, without any bearings....” A shout interrupts her dream. Her parents yell for her to run to the basement because “we’re being bombed!”

Marjane’s father reads the paper one morning and curses at the headlines -- the American Embassy has been occupied. The paper shows a picture of a fire and an American flag. Marjane’s mother is uninterested because “the Americans are dummies.” Her father tells them that this means there will be no more visas to the US, so Marjane is sad that “my great dream went up in smoke. I wouldn’t be able to go to the United States.” A few days later, the television news announces that all universities will close. A bearded man declares that it is “better to have no students at all than to educate future imperialists.” Marjane sees another of her dreams -- to be like Marie Curie -- disappear. She fears that “at the age that Marie Curie first went to France to study, I’ll probably have ten children....”

One night, the car of Marjane’s mother breaks down, and Marjane and her father drive to get her. Suddenly, they see her mother running down the street, crying and in terror. She tells them that a group of men surrounded her and insulted her. They told her that she should wear a veil or else she would “be pushed up against a wall and fucked. And then thrown in the garbage.” Her mother is sick for several days after the incident. A decree that all women must wear veils is instituted soon after the incident. Marjane explains that there are then two types of women: the fundamentalist woman who covers herself from head to toe, and the modern woman, who covers almost all of her body except for her face and hands and who shows opposition by “letting a few strands of hair show.” Men are similar, differing only in whether a man shaves his beard and tucks in his shirt. Their neighbors change as well and adopt the strict dress and customs. Marjane’s parents instruct her always to tell people that she prays everyday and soon it becomes a competition between her and her friends to see who prays more.

Despite these harsh rules, a spirit of revolution is still in the air and for the first time Marjane’s parents allow her to attend a rally. With her face shown as half-dark and half-light, Marjane goes out in the streets to pass out fliers. A crowd chants: “Guns may shoot and knives may carve, but we won’t wear your silly scarves!” Then things get “nasty,” and a group of fundamentalist men attacks the protestors with clubs. They beat and stab many of the protestors and Marjane and her family run. It is the last demonstration that they attend.

After the violence, she and her family go on vacation to Italy and Spain because they know it might be their last chance to leave the country. In the hotel room, one evening, Marjane’s father sees a Spanish language news broadcast in which a picture of Iran is slowly covered by a black cloud. Marjane’s father is worried because the report seems to be talking about the whole country and not just the capital city. When they arrive back home, Marjane’s grandmother tells them that the country has gone to war. The fundamentalists have attempted to “stir up their Iraqi Shiite allies against Saddam” and Iraq has declared war on Iran. It is the “second invasion in 1400 years!” Marjane is angry and ready to fight for her country.

Marjane is with her father at work one day when a group of fighter jets flies over Tehran. Everyone in the office is terrified. Marjane thinks it is the Iranian air force but her father does not recognize the planes as Iranian F-14 jets. They turn on the radio to hear that Iraqi jets have bombed the city. They quickly return home. Marjane asks her father if he will fight against Iran and he answers, “Of course I’m not going to fight. Why should I?” She tells him that the Iraqi’s have always been Iran’s sworn enemies because, “The Arabs never liked the Persians...They attacked us 1400 years ago. They forced their religion on us.” Her father answers, “The real Islamic invasion has come from our own government.” When they reach home, they find Marjane’s mother in the shower, completely unaware that anything has happened.

Later that evening, Marjane declares that, “We have to bomb Baghdad!” Her parents tell her that all the fighter jet pilots had been imprisoned during the coup d’état and that they would have to be released from prison first. Marjane remembers that one of her friend’s fathers is a pilot but her father tells her that he had been imprisoned. Marjane is angry with her father for being a defeatist. Suddenly, the family hears the Iranian national anthem playing on TV. The anthem had been banned and replaced by a new anthem of the Islamic regime. The family is overwhelmed as they hear the music. The news announces that Iranian fighter jets have bombed Iraq. They celebrate the news and learn that President Banisadr had ordered the release of the pilots after they had negotiated to have the national anthem broadcast. The rest of the news is not good: many planes and pilots had been lost in the attack.

The next day at school, Marjane runs to find her friend Pardisse whose father had been one of the released pilots. She knows right away that Pardisse’s father has been killed. In class, the teacher asks all the students to write a report on the war. Marjane writes a long essay on “the historical context” of the war. The teacher is not impressed, however, and instead calls on Pardisse to read her essay. In that essay, Pardisse writes of how she has promised to take care of her mother and little brother after her father’s death. After class, Marjane tells Pardisse that her father is a true hero. Pardisse tells her, “I wish he were alive and in jail rather than dead and a hero.”

In “The Sheep,” Satrapi uses a conversation between her Uncle and her father to explain why Iran’s Revolution resulted in the rule of a fundamentalist Islamic regime. During the Revolution, leftist and religious factions joined together to protest the rule of the Shah and to bring about his demise. However, after the Revolution, the Islamic religious leaders stepped in to bring order to the country. Anoosh’s explanation for this is that the Iranian people, who are illiterate and uneducated, need a religious and moral basis for establishing a new state. Religion, not ideas, provides this basis. Religion, thus, is seen as a tool for the powerful to use in order to rule the ignorant.

The title of this chapter, “The Sheep,” works on a metaphorical level. In a literal sense, a sheep herd is the mode of transportation that Siamak and his family use to cross the Iranian border and escape persecution, but it is also representative of the general population of Iran, as well as Marjane’s family who leave for the United States. Like sheep that simply follow each other with no notion of direction or purpose, Satrapi is arguing here that the people of Iran have made an unconscious decision to follow the religious leaders for no other reason than that they cannot determine a purpose or direction for the country without them. Marjane’s family also imitates the sheep, blindly leaving for a life in the United States.

Anoosh’s arrest, imprisonment, and execution represent the novel’s turning point. Her hero, Anoosh, once again becomes a victim of political persecution. While Marjane’s relationship with her parents is certainly a loving one, the novel portrays her relationship with her uncle as the tenderest one. This means that his death is particularly difficult for her. Anoosh’s death represents Marjane’s break from a childish conception of a God that had represented love, justice, and holy wrath for evil. Marjane finds herself lost and without direction, much as the general Iranian population is lost and without direction. Marjane’s crisis is the inverse, however, in that she begins her rejection of religion while the people of Iran embrace what becomes a cruel religious fundamentalism.

The chapter “The Trip” uses important imagery to chart the progress of Marjane’s struggle with identity. The first imagine that the author uses is a picture her own face right before she goes to protest the regime. It is half covered in dark and half covered in light. The dark symbolizes the metaphysical void that has occurred. She has rejected God, and she is lost in a kind of inner darkness. The light is representative of the spirit of revolution that still permeates Tehran. She and her parents still see a hope in the rise of the leftist demonstrators, yet find that the religious fundamentalists go much further in their violence than had the Shah’s forces. This leads into the second image of darkness -- the dark cloud that Marjane’s father sees descending over the country on a television newscast. This cloud represents the same darkness and void that Marjane experiences in her own life.

In “The F-14’s,” Marjane begins a struggle with her feelings of nationalism. She is unable to find a cause to root for in the fundamentalist government and, instead, finds her national pride in the great Persian empires. She correlates the war with Iraq with the Arab invasion of Persia 1400 years before and claims that it is patriotic and just to fight the Arab forces. Her father understands the real war is not just with another country but is, instead, a war inside of the country between those that envision a modern Iran and those that adhere to extremism.

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At the beginning of the semester in Arts Studies, we read and discussed the book, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. In this graphic memoir, Marji (a younger version of Satrapi and protagonist in the text) is living in Iran during the Revolution and is telling stories from her life.  I wanted to revisit the book because I find the author uses some very interesting techniques in her illustration. For the most part her panels are laid out two or three in a row in three rows but in certain points of the story Satrapi changes that norm to put larger panels on the page. The question I pose in this blog is, what is the purpose for using panels that take up the entire page?

The first instance a full page panel is found is on page 42. The page before shows how the Shah was ousted from power. The caption at the very top of the page reads, “The day he left, the country had the biggest celebration of its entire history,” and below is shown a large group of about 30 people, each with a smile on their face and many hands showing peace signs. Every person has a different pattern on their shirt and no two faces look the same. Marji and her family can be found in the bottom left corner of the panel. Satrapi uses a full page to relay the immense size of the event. She wants the audience to know that the celebration was truly the largest the country had ever been apart of and therefore she uses the largest panel she could for it.

The second time the author uses this kind of image is further in the book on page 71. On the top of the panel is written, “And so I was lost, without any bearings… What could be worse than that?” This panel is about how she feels after she has been disconnected from God and she feels alone in the universe. The illustration is almost completely dark with a couple of stars, a planet, and a lone Marji floating out in space. In the bottom right corner is a jagged speech balloon saying, “Marji, run to the basement we’re being bombed!” in bold, capital letters. At the very bottom on the page, the caption says, “it was the beginning of the war.” In this case, Satrapi uses the large panel to signify two different things, how small Marji feels in this moment and the polar extremes between the quiet of space and the force of the bombs. This particular part of the story is when Marji grows up and is no longer a child.

Satrapi uses this device is on page 77 as well. In this panel is an illustration of Marji and her family riding a magic carpet between an Euopean tower, apartment building, and the leaning tower of Pisa. There are images of curls and waves all around them to signify the wind. The caption on the image reads, “In September 1980, my parents abruptly planned a vacation. I think they realizd that soon such things would no longer be possible. And so we went to Italy and Spain for three weeks… It was wonderful.” The fact that this panel is so large is supposed to represent how wonderful the trip was for Marji and how it was the very last time that her and her parents went away together. This is the final time that Marji gets to spend quality time with her parents without the war in the foreground.

Satrapi has many uses of full page panels. The panels are metaphors for extremes in the story and are used in order to show the audience how important the different aspects of the story are. This panels also show a finality in Marji’s life where something comes to and end or the plot drastically changes.

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The two caricatures — built on selective editing, blasted out by well-funded electoral machines and amplified through partisans on social media — have come to define the early months of the general election, giving voters on both sides of the spectrum punching bags for their discontent.

But for the population of voters likely to decide the election — a group that dislikes the choice and wants neither man to return to office — the cacophony of recrimination has done little to clarify the choice.

Thursday’s presidential debate in Atlanta will, among other things, offer both men a rare chance to prove their opponents wrong in real time, as they stand together onstage, without edits, before what promises to be an enormous national audience. Voters who get to make the final call in the voting booth will be offered a 90-minute window into what is real and what is spin about their major-party choices.

Aware of the stakes, advisers to both candidates have been preparing their bosses to avoid traps set by their opponents. Biden’s aides hope to present a vigorous president — in command of the issues, able to take Trump on directly and explain to the American people his own accomplishments in office. Trump’s advisers have been coaching their candidate to focus on the issue advantages in the polls, reaffirming the image of him as a tough businessman ready to disrupt Washington that got him elected in 2016.

“If the former president focuses on those issues that Americans care about, immigration, crime, big pocketbook issues, inflation … he’s victorious,” said David Urban, a former Trump campaign adviser and GOP strategist. “If he focuses on the past election, personal grievance, I think those things probably won’t serve him as well.”

Others have been even more explicit in their definition of Trump’s goal for the event, which is to downplay the irascible and explosive leader that Biden describes.

“I think what Donald Trump wants to do is make this about issues and why he was a better president than Joe Biden was and will be a better president again,” said Trump’s longtime pollster Jim McLaughlin. “It’s about a vision. He can give a lot of examples and real-life stories about how he brought peace to the Middle East, brought inflation down, secured the border and kept people safe.”

Kate Bedingfield, a former communications adviser to Biden, agreed that Trump’s most obvious path was to try to avoid the explosive outbursts that tarred him after their first meeting in the 2020 campaign. The Biden operation will be ready for the shift, she said, and can overcome it by Biden appearing aggressive.

“For Biden, the goal is to be on offense and driving Trump to his biggest vulnerabilities,” she said. “There is every expectation that the disciplined Trump shows up, but even if that is the case the opportunity for Biden is huge.”

The stakes have led both campaigns to take extraordinary measures in hopes that their candidate will play against type. Biden’s coterie of advisers have undertaken a deliberate and extensive process at Camp David to prepare the president to overperform expectations, as he did in this year’s State of the Union address, to demonstrate his command of the issues and the office that he holds. Trump advisers, faced with a candidate less interested in debate preparation, have repeatedly tried to emphasize that the former president’s top priority is to highlight his difference with Biden on issues such as inflation and immigration.

The structure of the confrontation could also help determine its outcome. Both Trump and the moderators at CNN have accepted Biden’s terms for the meeting: There will be no studio audience, two commercial breaks and microphones that immediately shut off when a candidate does not have the floor.

At stake is not just possible movement in the polls, which have shown some slight improvement for Biden since Trump’s felony convictions in New York. Both campaigns also hope to use the event as a chance to engage directly with voters, hoping to yield both campaign donations and, in the case of the Biden campaign, a resurgence in volunteer energy.

The debate will be aired across major broadcast and cable channels, with CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, PBS, Univision channels and other cable news networks planning to take the event live at 9 p.m. Eastern time. The moderators are CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump are hosting a watch party and fundraiser the night of the debate, which will include several potential vice-presidential contenders. According to an invitation obtained by The Washington Post, Trump may deliver post-debate remarks.

The Biden campaign on Sunday announced plans for 300 debate watch parties and more than 1,600 events this week across targeted states. Some of those events are organized around the two-year anniversary Monday of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion , a move that was made possible by Trump’s three appointments to the court.

The Biden campaign has also increased its spending on television and digital ads in the run-up to the debate, spending more than twice as much in mid-June as it spent in mid-May, according to AdImpact. Total spending last week was nearly $9.2 million, according to AdImpact, compared with almost no spending by the Trump campaign.

Biden has sequestered himself since Thursday with nearly all of his senior team at the presidential retreat at Camp David to prepare. Among those present are former White House counsel Bob Bauer, who played Trump in 2020 debate prep sessions, and former chief of staff Ron Klain, who has led Democratic nominee debate prep sessions for decades.

In total, 16 senior White House and campaign officials are expected to join Biden before he departs for the debate Thursday, including current chief of staff Jeff Zients, message and polling guru Mike Donilon, national security adviser Jake Sullivan and campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden advisers said.

Trump has been warming up in public, addressing both a Philadelphia arena rally Saturday and a gathering of Christian conservatives at a conference in Washington.

Trump mocked Biden for taking time to prepare and the moderators he will face. “He’s sleeping now because they want to get him good and strong,” Trump said in Philadelphia. “Think of it. There is no audience. It’s like death.”

Trump also asked supporters at the rally how he should handle Biden, suggesting he may not have fully embraced the advice of his campaign team. “Should I be tough and nasty and just say, ‘You’re the worst president in history,’ or should I be nice and calm and let him speak?” Trump asked. He laughed when a member of the audience suggested a “50/50” approach, and then answered his own question: “Be tough. Be tough.”

The Trump team in recent weeks has opted for more informal policy sessions with different outside supporters, according to people familiar with the planning. Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) are among those who have helped Trump in preparing. Vance participated in a session about the economy, according to a person familiar with the meeting, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

The approach reflects the challenges Trump advisers have had in past elections trying to get Trump to sit for conventional debate preparations. People involved in the sessions before the first debate of the 2020 cycle have described it as a chaotic environment, with little rehearsal actually taking place. The campaign has adopted the position this year that traditional prep is not needed.

“President Trump takes on numerous tough interviews every single week and delivers lengthy rally speeches while standing, demonstrating elite stamina,” Trump senior adviser Jason Miller said in a statement. “He does not need to be programmed by staff.”

But there are signs that Trump was moving away from the doddering caricature he has long tried to paint about his opponent. In a recent interview on the “All-In” podcast, the former president took a different tone.

“I assume he’s going to be somebody that will be a worthy debater,” Trump said on the podcast. “I don’t want to underestimate him.”

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VIDEO : Greg Lynn has been found guilty of murdering Carol Clay on a camping trip

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ELIAS CLURE, REPORTER:  In a trial that has captivated Australia, today a final twist. 

The jury found Greg Lynn guilty of Carol Clay’s murder but not guilty of murdering Russell Hill.

ROBERT RICHTER KC, BARRISTER:  There was a sense of surprise. I’d not counted on the notion of a split verdict. 

ELIAS CLURE:  The verdict was met with silence outside the court. Greg Lynn’s son refused to comment. 

This afternoon the victim’s families issued a joint statement saying they were devastated at the not guilty verdict in relation to Russell Hill’s murder.

ROBERT RICHTER:  I think it has been one of the more complex and difficult trials that I’ve followed. 

JOHN SILVESTER, CRIME REPORTER:  This case is one of the biggest we've seen in a decade. It's got all the things that excite the media and the public. We begin with a mystery. 

ELIAS CLURE:  March 18 2020 - Victoria’s remote Alpine National Park.

Greg Lynn – a Jetstar pilot and avid game hunter arrived at a location known as the Bucks Campsite in the hopes of killing deer. 

A day later two elderly campers arrived - 74-year-old Russell Hill and his 73-year-old companion Carol Clay. 

JOHN SILVESTER:  You've got sort of almost grey nomads, we've got a couple that go camping. 

ELIAS CLURE:  Russell Hill was an amateur radio enthusiast. At about 6pm on March 20, he put a call out to fellow ham radio operators - no one heard from him or Carol again. 

REPORTER: Police are concerned for the welfare of two campers in their 70s. 

REPORTER: A married man and his female companion, gone without a trace. 

DET. INSP. ANDREW STAMPER, VICTORIA POLICE:  We really don’t know what has caused Russell and Carol’s disappearance. 

CHARLIE BEZZINA, FORMER HOMICIDE DETECTIVE:  Their campsite was come across by another camper or bushwalker. They've then alerted police to finding the campsite and the scenario in broad terms is we've got a late model four-wheel drive. We’ve got a campsite that has been burnt and we've got a wallet on the front seat of the car of the four-wheel drive. 

ELIAS CLURE:  Missing persons detectives began appealing to the public for information in the hope Carol and Russell were still out there. 

The pair had known each other since high school but had married different people. 

JOHN SILVESTER:  What was not known, of course, is that they had had a long-term relationship and so that was the secret life.

ELIAS CLURE:  Police also had eyes on one man they believed had critical information, pilot Greg Lynn.

JOHN SILVESTER:  The key thing was that Mr Lynn’s vehicle was photographed when it came back onto a main road at the time, that Hill’s phone pinged in the same location. So that puts him and probably another dozen cars as the most likely.

ELIAS CLURE:  On the 14th of July 2020, police arrive at his Western Suburbs home to quiz Greg Lynn on his whereabouts around the time Carol and Russell vanished. 

JOHN SILVESTER:  When they go to Lynn's place, of course, the car has changed colour. 

ELIAS CLURE:  Almost six months later police obtained a warrant to tap Greg Lynn’s phone and track and surveil his car. 

CHARLIE BEZZINA:  Whilst this person became a stronger suspect during the investigation, the police may have been falling short to be able to say, you know what, have we got enough to charge this person. 

60 MINUTES REPORTER:  Tonight, a critical breakthrough in the investigation ...

ELIAS CLURE:  On November 7 2021 Victoria Police took to prime time television in an attempt to keep leads from going cold and to get Greg Lynn talking. 

CHARLIE BEZZINA:  Police already know that he belongs to a similar vehicle, if not the vehicle, they've got the number, and then seeing what reaction comes from it and the talk over the devices happened. 

ELIAS CLURE:  Detectives say Lynn watched the 60 Minutes story where police revealed that a blue Nissan Patrol, with a distinct canopy, was of particular interest to them. 

His wife, Melanie Lynn noted the car shown in the program looked almost exactly like the one parked in their driveway. 

CHARLIE BEZZINA:  As we know, the police set up a CCTV camera out the front of the house. They see him taking off the canopy.

ELIAS CLURE:  On November 22 2021 Greg Lynn makes his way back up here to the high country. Now unbeknownst to him police are right on his tail and are hours away from arresting him. 

REPORTER: A senior airline pilot is being questioned by homicide detectives tonight after a day of extraordinary developments in the missing camper’s case. 

REPORTER: I have been told questioning will go long into the night. 

JOHN SILVESTER:  He arrives. and he's told it's been a long time, have a shower, have a sleep. We're in no hurry. and the interview goes on for a long time. 

ELIAS CLURE:  Over several hours Greg Lynn gradually begins to tell detectives what happened. 

This November 2021 interview was key evidence in Greg Lynn’s trial.

GREG LYNN STATEMENT (Voiced):  I panicked to save myself. This was at a time when I was just finding a really happy place in the world; family, career and my personal life outside of work, so this for me was a disaster.

I’m innocent of murder. I haven’t behaved well, I’ve made some poor decisions, but murder, as I understand it, I am innocent.

JOHN SILVESTER:  Lynn gives a version of events that in fact, largely what he said to the court, which was that yeah, I was there. It was a horrible accident, I panicked.

ELIAS CLURE:  Greg Lynn tells police that when he returns from hunting, Russell Hill approaches him and confronts him about the proximity of where he's hunting to the campsite and the safety of his gun. 

But Greg Lynn then tells police that Russell Hill leaves back towards his tent and he goes back towards his campsite. 

Greg Lynn then said that Russell walked towards his car and picked up the pilot's gun and began firing it. 

Then there's a tussle over the shotgun. Greg Lynn claims the elderly camper pulls the trigger, accidentally killing his lover. He then comes at Mr Lynn with a knife. The pair struggle again, and the older man falls on the knife.

Now the prosecution and the police say that this story that both deaths were a tragic accident is completely implausible. The prosecution told the court that Greg Lynn returned from hunting, he killed Russell Hill and then he killed Carol because he didn't want there to be a witness. 

JOHN SILVESTER:  He proceeded to clean the crime scene as well as any forensic scientist could possibly do, and this is what the prosecution was arguing, that this was entirely inconsistent with a person who had panicked. 

ELIAS CLURE:  Whilst in custody, Lynn also told police he transported Russell and Carol’s bodies in his trailer and disposed of them off a remote track, going on to admit that he later burnt their remains. 

JOHN SILVESTER:  He was locked down in COVID. As soon as he can he gets out, he goes back to the scene. He pours kerosene on the remains. It's the highest heat and the most effective and then he smashes the remains into smithereens.

CHARLIE BEZZINA:  As was quite rightly put to him, put to Lynn by the prosecutor, was the fact that you could have contacted police, the crime scene would have supported your version of events and he gave that a lot of thought before he answered and basically said, well, to paraphrase it, something along the lines well, it didn't come to his mind at that stage. He was in self-preservation mode. 

ROBERT RICHTER:  Theoretically speaking, a jury could find that because of the post offense conduct and so on, there was an intent to kill.

There was sufficient evidence for the gunshot injury. As far as a knife injury is concerned, there's no pathology evidence and there's no forensic evidence to demonstrate one way or the other. 

And that being so, the jury would have said, well, we'd be guessing. Whereas with the gunshot injury, they know there was a gun discharged and they know the death was caused by a gun. 

ELIAS CLURE:  Robert Richter is a high-profile barrister, whose past clients include George Pell and Hoddle-Street murderer Julian Knight. 

ROBERT RICHTER:  The jury system did what it is meant to do. Next is whether or not there is an appeal against the conviction, and I suspect there will be, and we will all wait with baited breath to see how that works out. 

ELIAS CLURE:  Today Greg Lynn showed no emotion when the verdict was delivered. He will be sentenced next month.

The jury in the trial over the death of campers, Russell Hill and Carol Clay delivered a sensational verdict today in Melbourne. After five weeks of testimony, former Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn was found guilty of murdering only one of the two.

Elias Clure and Kirsten Robb report.

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Panthers vs. Oilers recap, winners, losers: Edmonton ties Stanley Cup Final with Game 6 win

The unthinkable is happening and the Edmonton Oilers have tied the Stanley Cup Final after losing the first three games, matching a feat last done during World War II.

The Oilers, once among many teams stymied by the Florida Panthers ’ forechecking, have cracked the code and scored three goals off the rush for a 5-1 victory on Friday night in Edmonton. And they won without a point or shot on goal from red-hot Connor McDavid .

A key was Edmonton's successful challenge of a goal by Aleksander Barkov 10 seconds after Adam Henrique had made it 2-0 Oilers early in the second period. After a lengthy review, it was ruled that Sam Reinhart was offside before the goal.

Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said the play was clearly offside when he saw the video.

"The only hesitation was maybe it wasn’t the right video," he told reporters.

The disallowed goal was a huge momentum shift in the game.

Said Panthers coach Paul Maurice: “The linesperson informed me that it was the last clip that they got where they made the decision that shows it’s offside. I don’t have those."

The two teams now will take the 2,540-mile trip to Sunrise, Florida, for a winner-take-all Game 7 on Monday (8 p.m. ET, ABC).

The Oilers will try to become the fifth NHL team to win a series it had trailed 3-0 and will try to match the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs as the only one to do it in the Stanley Cup Final. The Panthers will try to match the 1945 Maple Leafs in winning Game 7 of the Final after blowing a 3-0 series lead.

Edmonton got goals from Warren Foegele, Henrique and Zach Hyman. Barkov scored in the third period for Florida, and the Oilers added two empty-net goals.

A closer look at Game 6:

Game 6 winners and losers

Oilers video coaches: Head coach Kris Knoblauch and his video crew decided to challenge Aleksander Barkov's second-period goal for offsides. Sam Reinhart was barely offsides and Edmonton would have been penalized if the call had not gone its way. But it did and it was a huge momentum shift to have the Florida goal disallowed 10 seconds after Edmonton had gone up 2-0.

Leon Draisaitl, Oilers: He said during his pregame availability that he wasn't happy with his play and he did something about it. Nice assist on the Warren Foegele goal, had three shots and drew a penalty.

Stuart Skinner, Oilers: He came up big again as the Panthers pressed down the stretch. Plus he was awarded an assist on Darnell Nurse's empty-net goal.

Another slow start for Panthers: They haven't started well in their three consecutive losses. It happened again in the first period when they had only two shots on goal.

Panthers' team defense: The Oilers are getting too many chances on the rush and now they're capitalizing on them. The Panthers are making too many mistakes.

Panthers' power play: The Panthers didn't give up a short-handed goal, which is good, but their futility continued, even with Oliver Ekman-Larsson moved to the top unit.

Which NHL teams won a playoff series after trailing 3-0?

It has been done four times in NHL h istory :

• 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings (during Stanley Cup Final)
• 1975 New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
• 2010 Philadelphia Flyers vs. Boston Bruins
• 2014 Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose Sharks

In MLB, the 2004 Boston Red Sox did it against the New York Yankees. It never has been done in the NBA.

Game 6 highlights

Game 6 recap, oilers 5, panthers 1: darnell nurse scores.

Stuart Skinner makes a big save and the Oilers get another empty-net goal. Darnell Nurse gets the goal and Skinner gets the assist.

Oilers 4, Panthers 1: Ryan McLeod scores

He gets an empty-netter after Florida pulled Sergei Bobrovsky for an extra skater.

Oilers go on power play

Kevin Stenlund called for interference on Leon Draisaitl. Panthers kill it off.

Panthers go on power play

Edmonton's Derek Ryan is called for high-sticking Nick Cousins. The Oilers kill it off. Florida falls to 1-for-19 in the Final.

Oilers 3, Panthers 1: Aleksander Barkov scores

He takes a feed from Carter Verhaeghe, walks around Oilers defenders and beats Stuart Skinner. This goal will count. Verhaeghe ends a four-game point drought with his second point of the series.

Third period underway

Edmonton 20 minutes away from forcing Game 7.

Oilers 3, Panthers 0: End of second period

Once again, the Oilers connect on odd-man rushes: Adam Henrique on a 2-on-1 break and Zach Hyman on a breakaway. The Oilers have a big momentum-changer when Aleksander Barkov's goal just 10 seconds after Henrique's score is overturned after a challenge for offsides. The margin was very thin, but the Oilers win the challenge. Stuart Skinner wasn't tested early, but he has looked good as the Panthers start to press.

Oilers 3, Panthers 0: Zach Hyman scores

Panthers defenseman Gustav Forsling's shot is blocked and Zach Hyman picks up the loose puck and beats Sergei Bobrovsky on a breakaway. It's his 16th goal of the playoffs.

Stuart Skinner robs Aleksander Barkov

Panthers up to 11 shots, but Stuart Skinner makes a leg save on Aleksander Barkov.

Connor McDavid is in the penalty box after hauling down Aleksander Barkov. Florida's first power play was disjointed. They get another chance and look better, but Edmonton keeps Florida off the board.

Panthers get another shot

A harmless one from Gustav Forsling. They're up to five, all from their defensemen.

Oilers defense continues to shine

Panthers have only two shots on goal in the first five minutes of the second period and four for the game.

Panthers goal disallowed

Aleksander Barkov scores 10 seconds later but Kris Knoblauch challenges for offsides and wins the challenge. Sam Reinhart barely offside. Still 2-0 Edmonton.

Oilers 2, Panthers 0: Adam Henrique scores

The Oilers get an odd-man rush and the third line scores for the third game in a row. Edmonton doubles its lead 46 seconds into the period.

Second period underway

Panthers need to find a way to generate more chances.

Oilers 1, Panthers 0: End of first period

Oilers were dominant in the first period and Florida had trouble generating anything. Their two shots were their fewest in a period all season. But Sergei Bobrovsky looks like he did earlier in the playoffs and has kept the score tight. Leon Draisaitl is looking better in this game and sets up Warren Foegele's goal.

Not long after the Panthers get their second shot of the game, Eetu Luostarinen is called for slashing. Edmonton has three power-play goals in the last two games. Oilers move the puck around quickly and Sergei Bobrovsky stops a Leon Draisaitl one-timer. Panthers kill it off.

Oilers have big lead in shots

They lead 10-1 with six minutes left in the first period. Sergei Bobrovsky makes a couple more good saves.

Mattias Janmark is called for slashing. The Panthers' power play has had a tough go this series. Oliver Ekman-Larsson is on the top unit now. Oilers kill it off. No Florida shots.

Oilers 1, Panthers 0: Warren Foegele scores

Moving Warren Foegele back to the Leon Draisaitl line pays off. Draisaitl makes a nice pass through Aleksander Barkov on the goal. Sergei Bobrovsky has no chance.

Oilers carrying play early

Shots are 5-1 Oilers about seven minutes into the game. Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky looking good early. He stops Evan Bouchard, who skated in from the point.

Oilers line changes

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is back with the Connor McDavid line. Warren Foegele goes to the Leon Draisaitl line.

Game 6 underway

Last game of the season in Edmonton, regardless of what happens.

Starting lineup analysis

Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch has put out this lineup first the last two games and it makes sense to start with it again. It has contributed three goals.

Matthew Tkachuk was the Panthers' best player in Game 5 and goes out first. This is a physical line that can set the tone.

Florida Panthers' starting lineup

F – Sam Bennett

F – Matthew Tkachuk

F – Evan Rodrigues

D – Aaron Ekblad

D – Gustav Forslund

G – Sergei Bobrovsky

Edmonton Oilers' starting lineup

F – Adam Henrique

F – Mattias Janmark

F – Connor Brown

D – Evan Bouchard

D – Mattias Ekholm

G – Stuart Skinner

What time is Stanley Cup Final Game 6?

Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET (6 p.m. local) on Friday at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.

How to watch Stanley Cup Final Game 6

Game 6 will be shown nationally on ABC in the United States. It will be shown on Sportsnet and CBC in Canada.

How to stream Stanley Cup Final Game 6

Game 6 can be streamed on ESPN+ and  Fubo .

Lineup change for Game 6

Nick Cousins is slotting onto the Panthers' fourth line after seven games out. Kyle Okposo is coming out of the lineup. Cousins is an energy player who ranked sixth on the team in hits during the regular season. He has one assist in 11 playoff games.

According to ESPN, Oliver Ekman-Larsson is expected to move up the Panthers' No. 1 power unit in place of Brandon Montour. Montour's pass was intercepted in Game 5, leading to an Oilers short-handed goal.

Injured Oilers forward Evander Kane, who was considered a game-time decision, isn't playing.

Connor McDavid approaching NHL playoff records

Connor McDavid has 11 points in the final, leaving him two points behind Wayne Gretzky’s 1988 record. He already has passed Gretzky’s record for assists in a postseason with 34. McDavid’s 42 playoff points place him fourth all-time behind Gretzky (47, 1985), Mario Lemieux (41, 1991) and Gretzky (43, 1988).

Leon Draisaitl seeking first goal of final

Oilers star Leon Draisaitl is still looking for his first goal of the Stanley Cup Final.

'I’ve always been able to come back from stretches where I maybe haven’t been my best,” he told reporters on Friday. "It’s just myself being better. I hold myself to extremely high standards. If I don’t get to that, obviously I’m not happy."

Stanley Cup Final Game 6 keys to victory

Oilers: Continue to be aggressive on special teams. The Oilers have scored two short-handed goals and three power-play goals in the last two games.

Panthers: Play like they did after falling behind 4-1 in Game 5. But do it earlier. Score early and try to take the crowd out of the game.

Read more keys to victory for Game 6

What is the projected goaltending matchup?

Oilers' Stuart Skinner (13-8, 2.53 goals-against average, .898 save percentage) vs. Panthers' Sergei Bobrovsky (15-7, 2.35, .906)

Stanley Cup Final Game 6 betting odds

Game 6 odds,  via BetMGM :

Moneyline:  Oilers -120; Panthers +100

Spread:  Oilers -1.5 (+215); Panthers +1.5 (+215)

Over/under:  5.5 (over -115; under -105)

Florida Panthers’ Game 6 record this postseason

They are 2-0, beating the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers . They beat the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games.

Edmonton Oilers’ Game 6 record this postseason

They are 2-0, beating the Vancouver Canucks and Dallas Stars . They beat the Los Angeles Kings in five games.

Which teams forced Game 7 after losing first three games of Stanley Cup Final?

The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs did it against the Detroit Red Wings and won Game 7. The 1945 Red Wings did it against the Maple Leafs and lost Game 7. The 2012 New Jersey Devils got to a Game 6 against the Kings but lost 6-1.

Florida Panthers' record in potential clinching games this postseason

They are 3-4, losing their first opportunity against the Lightning and Bruins and their first two chances against the Oilers. They won their second chance against the Lightning and Bruins and beat the Rangers on their first opportunity.

Edmonton Oilers' record in potential elimination games this postseason

They are 4-0, winning in Games 6 and 7 against the Canucks in the second round and in Games 4 and 5 against the Panthers.

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