Author Archives: andrew

Marco Rusterholz: the ‘maybe’ case that courts found ‘sure’

Posted on May 1, 2026 by andrew

Convicted of a 2012 double murder, Marco Rusterholz believes he is (like Sue Neill-Fraser), a victim of Tasmania’s discredited legal system. To avoid an apprehension of bias, we have sought an independent, structured, adversarial analysis of his case by LIA … Continue reading →

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The Cost of Appellate Complacency — a personal account

Posted on April 27, 2026 by andrew

In his post on April 25, 2026, The Record and the Reality:  What Transcripts Don’t Show in Criminal Appeal, STEVEN FENNELL argued that transcripts are an incomplete reconstruction of a trial. In this companion piece, he provides a cautionary tale … Continue reading →

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From the archives: Justice cast to the Four Winds

Posted on April 26, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban* The Australian featured this extensive article in the March 25, 2015, edition.  It was  the first detailed mainstream media analysis of the Sue Neill-Fraser case and serves to inform those new to the subject – and a … Continue reading →

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The Record and the Reality:  What Transcripts Don’t Show in Criminal Appeal

Posted on April 25, 2026 by andrew

There is an unspoken assumption at the heart of the criminal justice system: that the written record is an accurate and sufficient representation of what occurred in court, writes STEVEN FENNELL. It is not. Transcripts are treated as authoritative. They … Continue reading →

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Ben Roberts-Smith: principle of legal equality trashed

Posted on April 24, 2026 by andrew

Some have mistakenly asserted that the prosecution of Ben Roberts-Smith proves the principle of legal equality is well-respected in Australian law. It proves the reverse, writes CHRIS MERRITT in The Australian.

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Meaghan Vass was on the yacht, Sue Neill-Fraser was not. OK?

Posted on April 21, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban  I just have to share this with readers who may have missed it. In recent weeks, a number of comments have turned up on previous stories about the Sue Neill-Fraser case. It’s been 16 years since the … Continue reading →

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A high profile bar for bail?

Posted on April 21, 2026 by andrew

Writing from bitter personal experience after spending 1,400 days on remand, STEVEN FENNELL explains why he should have received bail, especially given the High Court’s indignant, virtually instant quashing of his conviction. Perhaps he wasn’t sufficiently high profile – like … Continue reading →

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Crimen exceptum – sex crime allegations a challenge for justice and society

Posted on April 20, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Dealing with tendency evidence in my book Presumption of Evil about the Noel Greenaway conviction (arguably wrongful) for historical sexual abuse, I refer to another man who was convicted of sexual abuse on tendency evidence. He and … Continue reading →

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Ben Roberts-Smith & Justice Besanko at a fork in the road

Posted on April 18, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban  Roberts-Smith’s central position in evidence at the 2003 defamation trial was that the newspaper allegations were false and that all killings he was involved in were lawful engagements with insurgents during combat operations in Afghanistan. He denied … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 17, 2026 by andrew

Hosted by Sam Bamford, a former Australian Army infantry paratrooper and combat veteran with a deployment to Afghanistan in 2012, the 2 Worlds Collide Podcast has evolved into one of Australia’s most outspoken independent platforms. In this must-see episode, Special Forces … Continue reading →

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