Author Archives: andrew

From the archives: Gordon Wood – convicted of murder in 2008, acquitted in 2012, suing the State in 2017/18

Posted on September 19, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. “You failed in your duty to alert the jury to the problems with your case. Your duty is not to chase convictions but to present your case fairly. You assumed my client was guilty and set out … Continue reading →

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Crime: the dark side of immigration debate

Posted on September 18, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

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Special Forces Operator Scott Jones & The Truth About Ben Roberts-Smith – the transcript

Posted on September 17, 2026 by andrew

On April 15, 2026, we published the post Special Forces Operator Scott Jones: The Truth About Ben Roberts-Smith, with a link to Sam Bamford’s must-watch 2 Worlds Collide podcast in which Special Forces Operator Scott Jones recounts his first-hand experiences … Continue reading →

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Tasmanian Parole Board humiliated as court asserts Sue Neill-Fraser right to speak freely

Posted on September 15, 2026 by andrew

On Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 15, 2026), it took the Supreme Court’s Justice Estcourt less than an hour (a millisecond in law time) to extinguish the Tasmanian Parole Board’s restrictive parole condition that would have prevented Sue Neill-Fraser from proclaiming her … Continue reading →

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Lindsay Clancy tragedy: who are really responsible? A damning exposé

Posted on September 13, 2026 by andrew

Why is Lindsay Clancy the only person facing criminal prosecution for the heartbreaking tragedy of her children’s deaths? Institutional cover up? Here’s what all those outraged by Lindsay Clancy as a monster mother need to know, before passing judgement on … Continue reading →

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Tendency evidence lacked probative value, had prejudicial effect 

Posted on September 11, 2026 by andrew

Former Canberra academic Rick McGary was last year found guilty of two counts of sexual assault over incidents against separate complainants in 2016 and 2020, but acquitted of a third count. The Court of Appeal has now set aside the … Continue reading →

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When the machine says you’re guilty: Australia’s coming danger from AI

Posted on September 11, 2026 by andrew

Will the AI machinery just drive faster towards wrong conclusions or can Australia avoid replacing human fallibility with digital damnation, asks STEVEN FENNELL. Today, for now, a wrongful conviction requires humans to make mistakes. That is, admittedly, inefficient. A police … Continue reading →

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Can reasonable doubt overcome public abhorrence at child killings? Exploring the Clancy case.

Posted on September 10, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. The history of mothers killing their children facing murder charges is turbulent terrain. The cases of Lindy Chamberlain, Kathleen Folbigg in Australia, Lucy Letby (a nurse) in the UK and most recently Lindsay Clancy in the US … Continue reading →

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Week 37, 2026, on our sister blog pursuedemocracy.com

Posted on September 10, 2026 by andrew

Read posts on the Bell Royal Commission, burning the Aussie flag and Labor’s planned Alborithms. 

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Call for NSW inquiry into wrongful conviction of wrong Shorty

Posted on September 9, 2026 by andrew

Stephen “Shorty” Jamieson is 38 years into a life sentence arising from an alleged confession documented only by an uncorroborated “verbatim record of interview” typed by detectives who arrested him in 1988, as we reported earlier this year.

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