Chips with everything, rape included?

Posted on August 1, 2026 by andrew

“After everything she said that is done to her in that room, Mr Barrientos rings room service to ask for a burger and she asked for chips to go,” said her lawyer David Edwardson. “A request made by her to him, when minutes earlier he slapped, choked and raped her and she said, ‘Can I have chips to go.’ That is what her narrative is … what you might think is utterly improbable,” reports The Australian’s Emma Kirk from a trial in Perth. Continue reading →

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Nurses’ ‘kill video’ in court: press play, says Supreme Court

Posted on August 1, 2026 by andrew

After a district court judge’s decision to exclude from evidence a video of two Sydney nurses allegedly threatening to kill Israeli patients has been overturned by the Supreme Court ahead of their trial, reports The Australian’s Bimini Plesser.  Continue reading →

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Tendency as tendentious evidence

Posted on July 27, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

Our reader Peter writes in a Letter to the Editor: “In Australia there has been a call for the establishment of a judicial review board. There are perhaps hundreds of convictions of people [convicted] with a complete lack of evidence.  Continue reading →

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From the archives: the Countess vs Tasmanian Establishment

Posted on July 26, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

“The Tasmanian establishment :–the courts, lawyers and Police are totally corrupt,” wrote Countess Antonia Scrivanich in a comment on our March 13, 2022, article Is Australia fair dinkum about wrongful convictions?  Continue reading →

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Wrongful convictions offend democracy

Posted on July 20, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

 ‘If it’s justice you want, go to divinity school.’ a Harvard law professor once snapped at a law student, as legend has it. It may be the best short lesson the student learnt on the way to the profession. The law is a law unto itself and Parliament can only make the laws, not police its administration. Consequently, the legal system does not always serve democracy. Continue reading →

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From the Archives: Robert Xie, murderous uncle?

Posted on July 17, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

On this the 17th anniversary of the brutal murder of five members of the Lin family in Sydney’s Epping, we revisit what – after years of scrutiny – we* have determined to be the 2017 wrongful conviction of Robert Xie, loving uncle to two of the murdered. We lay out the evidence behind this claim in the book, FRAMED – How the Legal System Framed Robert Xie for the Lin Family Murders.  Continue reading →

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Parole plea for Keli Lane

Posted on July 15, 2026 by andrew

NSW Premier Chris Minns is urged to allow parole for Keli Lane, according to Anthony Dowsley’s exclusive report in The Daily Telegraph.  Continue reading →

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Parole right or wrong in our imperfect justice system? e.g: Sue Neill-Fraser, Derek Bromley

Posted on July 13, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

As regular readers know, Sue Neill-Fraser was convicted of murdering her partner Bob Chappell on Australia Day 2009. In 2010, she was sentenced to 23 years in jail, released on parole* in October 2022. She is widely believed (by lawyers as well as the general public) to have been wrongfully convicted. Only Tasmania’s incompetent/malevolent legal and political establishment protects the conviction – for self-serving reasons. A good case to test whether parole is wrong.  Continue reading →

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Shameless boasting 101

Posted on July 7, 2026 by andrew

This random, unsolicited ‘review’ of my work in books and on this blog is published as a shameless boast … because we’d like to think our readers agree with (name withheld). But thank you Miss X.  Continue reading →

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Deeming v Guy: why? What’s the context? Nobody has said.

Posted on July 4, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

The alleged assault of Moira Deeming by Matthew Guy occurred at the Macedonian Orthodox Youth of Australia 20th anniversary gala dinner at western suburban venue Sheldon Reception on May 23. The incident was reported to police on 16 June. Victoria Police concluded their investigation and detected no offence. Guy has been demanding an apology, Deeming refuses. But neither Guy nor Deeming nor the police have provided any context for what Deeming called an assault.  Continue reading →

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