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Tendency evidence lacked probative value, had prejudicial effect 

Posted on September 11, 2026 by andrew

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 convictions, ruling tendency … 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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Who speaks for the person being investigated, e.g. Bruce Lehrmann …

Posted on September 7, 2026 by andrew

Prompted by our report ‘ ‘Unlawful’: Lehrmann slams secret corruption hearings, STEVEN FENNELL, who was acquitted of murder by the High Court, digs into the dangers of preventing an investigated person from speaking publicly.  

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Lindsay Clancy: was she insane or is she evil?

Posted on September 6, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Mother strangles her three kiddies. Why? Shocking, but was it murder? Far from straightforward, the complex Clancy case is left in limbo as one juror repeatedly dissents, triggering a retrial. 

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‘Unlawful’: Lehrmann slams secret corruption hearings

Posted on September 5, 2026 by andrew

Bruce Lehrmann wants to air further allegations of mistreatment by the anti-corruption watchdog including that he was forced to give evidence during secret hearings and then gagged from discussing it, reports Miklos Bolza in CBR News. Bolza reports that officials … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser challenge to Parole Board free speech restriction rescheduled

Posted on September 5, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. “Parole should be a pathway to reintegration, not a way of continuing to impose punishment. When parole conditions silence people or limit their freedom of expression, they violate basic human rights and increase the risk of re-incarceration,” … Continue reading →

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Justice Estcourt not in court, Sue Neill-Fraser v Parole Board hearing cancelled

Posted on September 1, 2026 by andrew

The judge who dissented at her appeal and would have quashed her conviction, Justice Estcourt AM, fell ill and was unable to attend court this morning, resulting in the cancellation of the hearing where the Melbourne based Human Rights Law … Continue reading →

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