Author Archives: andrew

TRUE CRIME, FALSE NARRATIVES: A PANEL ON WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS IN AUSTRALIA

Posted on April 23, 2025 by andrew

Artist Sky Parra’s DENIED project of portraits she has created of wrongfully convicted subjects is central to a special panel event in Hobart on Saturday, May 17, 2025, with speakers including former Lindy Chamberlain lawyer Stuart Tipple. 

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Prosecution and Judge had reasonable doubt – why not the jury?

Posted on April 16, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Robert Xie’s infamous convictions for the five murders of the Lin family in 2009 relied on the jury being convinced Beyond Reasonable Doubt of his guilt. But not even the prosecution or the trial judge were so … Continue reading →

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SECRET SNAPSHOTS, PRIVATE LIVES

Posted on April 9, 2025 by andrew

The Little Book of Revelations For the chance to win movie tickets or DVDs, Australia’s award winning online movie magazine, Urban Cinefile, ran weekly competitions asking readers to answer questions that elicited some jaw-dropping replies – in 35 words or … Continue reading →

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Drug gang gets away with murder of Lin family

Posted on April 6, 2025 by andrew

Robert Xie spent four years and seven months incarcerated without a conviction. He was finally convicted after a hung jury in his third trial triggered a fourth trial in 2016/17. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the savage murder … Continue reading →

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Show me the evidence

Posted on March 27, 2025 by andrew

In a case orchestrated by NSW police and then Senior Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi AM KC,  Robert Xie was convicted of murdering five members of his wife’s family, the Lins. Andrew L. Urban’s new book demolishes this wrongful conviction. 

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“I am innocent” – Robert Xie

Posted on March 26, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban unravels the Crown’s circular argument that Robert Xie must be guilty because the murders ‘must have been’ committed at a time the Crown claims, without evidence.  In fact, he had an alibi: he was in his bed … Continue reading →

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The low-down on the legal profession

Posted on March 22, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Sydney’s Macquarie Law School is attracting public criticism for compelling law students to include acknowledgment of country (a form of political speech) in work to which it has no relevance. It’s a change from the history of … Continue reading →

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Prosecution’s circular argument wins unconvincing murder conviction

Posted on March 21, 2025 by andrew

Fallacious prosecutorial circular reasoning and lack of compelling evidence results in life imprisonment for Cedric and Noelene Jordan, as contributor Benjamin Dean explains. 

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Pressing need for law reforms ignored – or resisted?

Posted on March 11, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban What reforms has the criminal justice system undertaken in the wake of the wrongful convictions decades ago of Lindy Chamberlain, Derek Bromley, Henry Keogh, Andrew Mallard, Gordon Wood and – we say, Sue Neill-Fraser in 2010, Robert Xie … Continue reading →

Posted in Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser, Case 02 Henry Keogh, Case 04 Gordon Wood, Case 05 Derek Bromley, Case 11 Robert Xie, Case 22 Noel Greenaway | 11 Comments

Suspicion – fuelled by media – can lead to Wrongful Convictions

Posted on March 3, 2025 by andrew

Public suspicion can (mis)lead courts & juries to miscarriages of justice, as contributor PETER GILL finds.

Posted in Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser, Case 02 Henry Keogh, Case 04 Gordon Wood, Case 06 'Paul', Case 11 Robert Xie, Case 13 Robert Farquharson, Case 17 Kathleen Folbigg | 32 Comments