Questions over whether the Lauren Dickason trial should ever have been before a jury

The 42-year-old has been found guilty of murdering her three daughters at their Timaru home in 2021.

Dickason pleaded insanity, caused by postpartum depression.

Massey University Law Professor, Chris Gallavin says there are provisions in our law that if a case is too complex -- or will go too long -- that it won't be heard by a jury.

He says some argue this is exactly the sort of case to be heard by a jury -- as they inject reality of what the public believe is justice -- while others disagree entirely.

Dickason's been remanded to Hillmorton Hospital, before sentencing.