Author Archives: andrew

The justice of science for Folbigg

Posted on November 10, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Kathleen Folbigg’s case is finally heading to the Appeals Court where it is expected her convictions for the murder of her children will be quashed, after findings in the latest inquiry, completed earlier this year, digested the … Continue reading →

Posted in Case 17 Kathleen Folbigg | 18 Comments

Should prosecutors take the oath?

Posted on September 10, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.  The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth … that’s the oath taken by witnesses in criminal trials. But not by prosecutors. In our adversarial system, the truth can be an incidental benefit to a … Continue reading →

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Call to hold off on Criminal Cases Review Commission “baffling” – Dr Bob Moles

Posted on September 8, 2023 by andrew

The call by The Bridge of Hope Innocence Initiative (BOHII) to hold off on the development of a Criminal Cases Review Commission “is quite frankly baffling,” comments Dr Bob Moles, “and can, in my opinion, only serve to alienate them from their main client group – … Continue reading →

Posted in CCRC, General articles | 13 Comments

A decade of denial, Tasmania still a legal laughing stock

Posted on September 3, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. It was 10 years ago: “This case calls for an inquiry,” said the late and great defence barrister Chester Porter KC, after a public screening (at Sydney’s Chauvel Cinema) of Shadow of Doubt, Eve Ash’s documentary about … Continue reading →

Posted in Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser | 21 Comments

The wrongful conviction that harms children

Posted on September 2, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Why am I writing about climate change on a blog devoted to wrongful convictions? My justification is that carbon dioxide has been wrongfully convicted of causing global warming, according to climate scientists, and the alarmism is causing … Continue reading →

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Imagining what Tasmanian justice might try to be

Posted on August 31, 2023 by andrew

Today is the second anniversary of the tabling of papers in the Tasmanian Legislative Council that dissect many serious problems with the investigation and prosecution of Sue Neill-Fraser for the 2009 Australia Day murder of her partner, but Tasmanian media … Continue reading →

Posted in Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser | 4 Comments

Lucy Letby – serial baby killer or wrongfully convicted nurse?

Posted on August 28, 2023 by andrew

A fascinating and gob-smacking interview of Dr Scott McLachlan by Norman Fenton that raises much doubt about Lucy Letby’s guilt is part of a report that takes the lid off the most sensational multiple death case in the UK. NIALL … Continue reading →

Posted in Case 23 Lucy Letby | 30 Comments

Open Letter to The Hon Elise Archer, Attorney-General of Tasmania

Posted on August 27, 2023 by andrew

Dear Attorney, In my new book, The Exoneration Papers – Sue Neill-Fraser (Wilkinson Publishing), I challenge your claims as to why you have not and will not instigate a Commission of Inquiry into the case of Sue Neill-Fraser. I invite … Continue reading →

Posted in Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser | 6 Comments

The truth will out – with help from Sodium Pentothal

Posted on August 26, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban I suspect* that Hobart grandmother Sue Neill-Fraser, convicted** in 2010 of murdering her partner of 18 years Bob Chappell, whose body has never been found, can’t wait to be injected with the truth drug Sodium Pentothal that … Continue reading →

Posted in Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser | 17 Comments

CCRC would relieve politicians of impossible choice

Posted on August 13, 2023 by andrew

As things stand, politicians burdened with the responsibilities of Attorney-General often face the impossible choice of advising the relevant Governor on petitions from innocents convicted of sexual abuse. It should not be their choice; legal matters should stay within the … Continue reading →

Posted in Case 06 'Paul', Case 22 Noel Greenaway, CCRC, General articles | 26 Comments