Monthly Archives: April 2018

Sue Neill-Fraser – video flashback

Posted on April 15, 2018 by andrew

There are very substantial doubts about this case … the evidence is so weak …. it is hard to see how any conviction could stand … Tasmania’s legal system risks being a laughing stock, if it wasn’t such a tragedy. … Continue reading →

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Prosecutorial immunity in the hands of psychopaths? A case study

Posted on April 5, 2018 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban. Small time crim John Thompson was nearly executed for a murder he didn’t commit. At his trial in 1985, the New Orleans prosecutors had withheld exculpatory evidence. Then District Attorney – Harry Connick Snr (now retired) … Continue reading →

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A law unto themselves, absent model principles

Posted on April 3, 2018 by andrew

Bill Rowlings* questions how ‘professional’ is the Legal Profession Board of Tasmania. It’s a quango that only recently worked out it needs to abide by model litigant principles, a decade after it was created. And it seems to particularly dislike … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser – re-reporting from court

Posted on April 1, 2018 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban In her long running appeal against her 2010 murder conviction, Hobart grandmother Sue Neill-Fraser is finding new obstacles, compounded by inaccurate reporting: a fellow prisoner, Stephen Gleeson, has been charged with perverting justice (in her favour). … Continue reading →

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