Author Archives: andrew

A year of blunders – 2020 in review

Posted on December 20, 2020 by andrew

Tunnel-vision-blighted police investigations, junk science as evidence, prosecutors ‘impermissibly straining for a conviction’ (as Justice Fullerton has put it) and judges failing to adhere to the rule of law are all causes of blunders resulting in wrongful convictions and failed … Continue reading →

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New Year hopes for old injustices

Posted on December 17, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Should we call them mis-convicted murderers, perhaps, those poor unfortunate souls who have suffered the catastrophe of a wrongful conviction? As we prepare to leave 2020 behind and look across time into 2021, we must hope along … Continue reading →

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More pressure to mitigate Manock harm

Posted on December 10, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. British author, journalist, and a consultant in forensic evidence, Satish C. Sekar, believes it is “only a question of time before a special inquiry is established” into the trail of unsafe forensic reports generated by Dr Colin … Continue reading →

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Scott free

Posted on November 23, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban After 13 years in jail, 45 year old Scott Austic has finally regained his freedom and his official innocence last week, when a WA jury acquitted him after two hours of deliberations. As we reported in May … Continue reading →

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Robert Farquharson – but did he want to die?

Posted on October 22, 2020 by andrew

Robert Farquharson was convicted of killing his three little boys by driving them into the dam and letting them drown inside the car. Farquharson insists he blacked out, it was a terrible accident. The prosecution insisted it was deliberate. But, … Continue reading →

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Road to Damnation – Excerpt 3 (final) ‘scientific expertise’ ?

Posted on October 21, 2020 by andrew

Chris Brook’s new book, Road to Damnation, is the result of a two year investigation into the case of Robert Farquharson, and the science of the evidence that convinced two sets of juries that he murdered his three children by … Continue reading →

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Road to Damnation – Excerpt 2 ‘An incubator of bias’

Posted on October 20, 2020 by andrew

Chris Brook’s new book, Road to Damnation, is the result of a two year investigation into the case of Robert Farquharson, and the science of the evidence that convinced two sets of juries that he murdered his three children by … Continue reading →

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Road to Damnation Excerpt 1 ‘I blacked out’

Posted on October 18, 2020 by andrew

Chris Brook’s new book, Road to Damnation, is the result of his two year investigation into the case of Robert Farquharson, and the science of the evidence that convinced two sets of juries that he murdered his three children by … Continue reading →

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Road to Damnation follows the science to a wrongful conviction

Posted on October 15, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. In his important new book, Road to Damnation, Chris Brook takes the reader on a gripping journey to the darkest reaches of human experience – the drowning of three children – when it intersects with the law. … Continue reading →

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The knife, the wrench, the prosecutor and his prejudice

Posted on October 13, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban An observer at the 2010 murder trial of Sue Neill-Fraser has confirmed that early in the trial, the prosecutor, then DPP Tim Ellis SC, held up a large knife – flourishing it inside a plastic bag as … Continue reading →

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