Sue Neill-Fraser on 60 Minutes, October 18, 2026

Posted on October 15, 2026 by andrew

 

One of Australia’s most serious miscarriages of justice is the murder conviction of Sue Neill-Fraser in 2010. Tasmania’s legal system, aided by its political establishment, refuses to contemplate an independent review of the case.

Viewers may find that outrageous. Watch 60 Minutes.

Sunday, October 18, 2026, Channel 9, 6:40pm

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A ‘Catch 22’ entrapment of wrongly convicted people across Australia

Posted on October 15, 2026 by andrew

Writing in Pearls and Irritations, renowned legal academics Stephen Cordner and Kerry Breen explain how Australia’s criminal appeals system remains deformed after useless tinkering. This is an extract from their paper that marked Wrongful Conviction Day (Oct.2)  Continue reading →

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Shorty’s murder ‘confession’ not possible, petition claims

Posted on October 14, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

 “Shorty” Jamieson, who is just 150cm tall and who has foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, was convicted of murder on the supposedly verbatim confession detectives presented as evidence – a mechanically typed document that not even the fastest typists could now replicate on modern computers.  Continue reading →

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NACC abandons Bruce Lehrmann investigation

Posted on October 13, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

Bruce Lehrmann is no longer under investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Commission NACC for allegedly using secrets about French submarines for his own ends, reports the ABC. Continue reading →

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Involuntary giggle a sin in court?

Posted on October 12, 2026 by andrew

Prompted by our story about Giggle for Girls founder Sall Grover being judged to have giggled hurtfully at a cartoon depicting her legal opponent Roxanne Tickle (yeah, real names), STEVEN FENNELL discusses the issues when involuntary responses conflict with courtroom demands.  Continue reading →

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Sall Grover awarded at CPAC, after getting fined when laughing at a cartoon in Court

Posted on October 11, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

 It’s a joke, allright. And the Federal court is the butt of the joke. That was my thought as Sall Grover, to a standing ovation, received her Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Freedom & Hope Award on Saturday from past recipient Senator Jacinta Nampajimpa Price. Continue reading →

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Murder by the State?

Posted on October 11, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

 In the news: in America, after 30 years in solitary, Christa Pike’s execution went horribly wrong when two lethal injections left her unconscious but alive. Nadil Hasan will face a military firing squad set for December 3. Now that Donald Trump has expressed reservations, it may or may not be live streamed – if that’s the right term. Both were convicted of horrible murders, the latter of 13 US servicemen. But is the death penalty just murder by the State*?  Continue reading →

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Cancer victim Austin Ward awaits his mum’s release on parole after almost 19 years

Posted on October 9, 2026 by andrew

His mum Sarah Ward was convicted of the 2008 murder of Eli Westlake – she is coming home soon and he looks forward to living what remains of his life with her (he has terminal bone cancer). “She’s changed she’s sorry and she’s served a lot of years to reflect on what she’s done,” he writes.  Continue reading →

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October when wrongful conviction meets antisemitism, terrorism

Posted on October 5, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists killed, raped and tortured young Israelis in a massacre of some 1200 and took some 240 hostages into their tunnels in Gaza. On October 15, 1894, French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus, the youngest son of a Jewish family from Alsace-Lorraine, was arrested for treason – without any credible evidence.  Dreyfus was convicted in a secret court martial and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil’s Island, the penal colony in French Guiana (which boasted a 75% death rate). Before his deportation, he was subjected to the public humiliation of being stripped of his rank – with a crowd of 20,000 watching and roaring as his sword was ceremonially broken and his uniform torn.  Continue reading →

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When “Reserved” Becomes a Holding Pattern

Posted on October 3, 2026 by andrew

Justice may be blind, but it should not be allowed to take three years to find its glasses, writes STEVEN  FENNELL, prompted by the story of the feud between NSW Chief Justice Bell who is irked by Federal Court Justice Jackman’s criticism of judges taking too long to deliver verdicts.  Continue reading →

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