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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Andrew L. Urban revisits the case of Robert Xie, convicted of the 2009 murders of five members of the Lin family in 2017 and the egregious way the system framed him by burying his alibi. Continue reading
Andrew L. Urban
June 15, 1215, was a Monday, the start of a new week and the beginning of a new era in history, when England’s King John led his entourage to the meadow at Runnymede (some 30kms South West of London, near the site of today’s Heathrow Airport), to seal a deal with rebellious barons – a deal we know as the Magna Carta. The best deal ever made. Continue reading