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Dr Colin Manock and the Baby Deaths – Ch 9 Oct 14, 2020

Posted on October 12, 2020 by andrew

This Wednesday 14 October, at 8.40pm Channel 9 will broadcast ‘Bodies of Evidence’ as part of their Australian Crime Series. It will focus on the appalling failures in relation to the work of Dr Colin Manock, former chief forensic pathologist … Continue reading →

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Woeful quality control of expert/scientific testimony compromises justice system

Posted on October 9, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Can we trust a criminal justice system that despite some five decades of complaints and dozens of miscarriages of justice, has failed to address the dangers of poor quality scientific evidence or help improve its reliability. If … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser appeal deferred (yet again) to March 1, 2021

Posted on October 8, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Just 18 months before Sue Neill-Fraser becomes eligible for parole after 13 years in prison, her new appeal will now be heard in the first week of March 2021 – coronavirus travel restrictions permitting, it was decided … Continue reading →

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Cardinal Pell … well, well, well

Posted on October 5, 2020 by andrew

Italian media have reported that Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, 72, is suspected of wiring 700,000 euros to recipients in Australia who helped to ensure hostile testimony in the trial of Cardinal George Pell, who was accused of molesting choir boys … Continue reading →

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Letter from the rip

Posted on September 28, 2020 by andrew

This private letter is from a man who has led an exemplary life, but when accused of historical sexual molestation by a vengeful woman, then a youngster, years after the alleged events, he was tried and convicted, his life ruined. … Continue reading →

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‘Shocking scandal nobody wants to touch’: MP

Posted on September 27, 2020 by andrew

This is an edited version of the full article in the CLA news, by Bill Rowlings, CEO of Civil Liberties Australia. 

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Undercurrent – tv docoseries on Sue Neill-Fraser case online globally

Posted on September 25, 2020 by andrew

Undercurrent, the 6-part docoseries digging into the investigation leading to the murder conviction of Tasmanian grandmother Sue Neill-Fraser broadcast on the Seven Network in March 2019, except in Tasmania, is now available to watch free, around the world, on TUBI. … Continue reading →

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Public register would endanger wrongfully convicted

Posted on September 23, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban As controversial as this view may be, I urge great caution in lobbying for the currently proposed national public – public! – register of convicted child sex offenders – whom I abhor as much as everyone. There … Continue reading →

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Sloppy evidence gathering = wrongful conviction

Posted on September 16, 2020 by andrew

Faulty bite mark analysis and the unreliable testimony of a prisoner delivered a rape & murder conviction against Robert DuBoise in Florida 37 years ago. He has just been released after the forensic testimony was discredited and DNA evidence confirmed … Continue reading →

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Police gullibility or a rush to judgement?

Posted on September 12, 2020 by andrew

Vanessa Engle’s 59 minute BBC2 doco, The  Unbelievable Story of Carl Beech, is accurately titled; let’s hope we get to see it in Australia sometime soon (following its August 24, 2020 premiere in the UK). The readiness of police to … Continue reading →

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