Author Archives: andrew

Bungled: three of the murder cases failed by the legal system

Posted on February 23, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban With a combination of incompetence and unethical behaviour, the legal system has utterly failed to deliver justice and to correct its mistakes in these three examples of wrongful murder convictions, according to our investigations. 

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New Hampshire corruption drove the Fr. Gordon MacRae case

Posted on February 19, 2025 by andrew

This article was published at Fr. Gordon MacRae’s blog in 2023.  It sat there for over a year entirely unnoticed. Then on Wednesday February 12, 2024, its author, CLAIRE BEST emailed a link to it to the head of a … Continue reading →

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Seven charged as detectives uncover fraudulent sexual abuse compensation claims in scheme worth more than $1 billion

Posted on February 13, 2025 by andrew

Detectives from the Financial Crimes Squad have charged seven people following the discovery of fraudulent sexual abuse compensation claims in a scheme which has paid out over $1 billion in claims to date. 

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Noel Greenaway – the podcast

Posted on February 9, 2025 by andrew

This 25:27 minute podcast explores the complex case of Noel Greenaway, a former school superintendent accused of decades-old abuse, highlighting the challenges of balancing victim belief with the presumption of innocence. Andrew Urban · The Greenaway Case – Justice, Memory, … Continue reading →

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AI ‘kills’ Steve Fennell’s ‘grandmother’

Posted on January 19, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban An article compiled by AI states that “Steven Fennell is suing the Queensland government and police for malicious prosecution, misfeasance in public office, and abuse of process. Fennell was wrongfully convicted of murdering his grandmother, Mrs Watson, … Continue reading →

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The long harm of the law

Posted on January 4, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban There should be an equivalent of the first principle of the doctors’ Hippocratic Oath for lawyers and judges – the entire legal system in fact: ‘first, do no harm.’ But there isn’t. For example, in the case … Continue reading →

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New Canada Commission to review MoJs

Posted on December 20, 2024 by andrew

England, Wales, Scotland, New Zealand and Norway have one, and now Canada will have one too. Stubbornly rebuffing the many calls for a body like the Criminal Cases Review Commission (England), Australia remains without an independent body to review potential … Continue reading →

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Fraud unravels everything – even wrongful convictions

Posted on December 18, 2024 by andrew

“The lawyer who may knock over one of the worst miscarriages of justice in Australia may not even need to be a criminal lawyer… just a basic understanding of civil procedure may be all that is necessary.” Flinders University legal … Continue reading →

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Behind the scenes at #MeToo sexual assault lawfare

Posted on November 21, 2024 by andrew

In an interview with former NSW police prosecutor Richard McDonald, BETTINA ARNDT hears about “a system captured by ideology, where police are discouraged from properly investigating sexual assault and domestic violence claims.” 

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A thousand reasons for Lehrmann appeal

Posted on November 6, 2024 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Bruce Lehrmann’s appeal against his failed defamation case against Ten and Lisa Wilkinson will raise over 700 inconsistencies in Justice Lee’s judgement and more than 300 alleged lies told by his rape accuser Brittany Higgins across the … Continue reading →

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