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Sue Neill-Fraser: Hobart protest rally

Posted on January 27, 2014 by janitor

By Andrew L. Urban Saturday, January 25, 2014: Independent MP Andrew Wilkie (Denison, Tas) became the first Tasmanian MP to speak out publicly about the controversial murder conviction of Sue Neill-Fraser, jailed in 2010 for 23 years. He spoke last … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser: the sentencing, blow by blow

Posted on January 11, 2014 by janitor

By Andrew L. Urban I may be unlearned in law, a lay man, but I don’t think I’m an intellectually lame man. I have been looking at the sentencing remarks in the controversial Sue Neill-Fraser case (about which I have … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser: when justice loses appeal

Posted on December 30, 2013 by janitor

By Andrew L. Urban A murder conviction which eminent lawyers and legal experts say is quite possibly a gross miscarriage of justice has exposed serious deficiencies in Australia’s criminal justice system. Not only are the restrictive and limited appeal provisions … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser – failure of lawyers

Posted on December 17, 2013 by janitor

By Andrew L. Urban As Sue Neill-Fraser contemplates her fifth prison Christmas ‘feast’ at Hobart’s Risdon jail, we should take a moment from the celebrations to reflect on how Tasmania’s criminal system appears to have failed in her case, according … Continue reading →

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Australia and Miscarriages of Justice

Posted on December 4, 2013 by janitor

By Dr Bob Moles* OVERVIEW The criminal appeal system in Tasmania is in breach of international human rights obligations – and has been so for over 30 years. Most people would think that if that were so, someone would have … Continue reading →

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A miscarriage of justice – Neill-Fraser conviction

Posted on November 9, 2013 by janitor

Dear Brian Wightman, Attorney General of Tasmania cc The Hon Lara Giddings MP, Premiere of Tasmania Thank you for your letter dated September 16 (received by email October 1), in response to my concerns about the murder conviction of Sue … Continue reading →

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Letter to George Brandis – criminal review commission

Posted on October 19, 2013 by janitor

Dear Attorney, You will have received an invitation from Barbara Etter APM to the only Sydney screening of Shadow of Doubt (Nov. 5, 6.30pm, Chauvel Cinema, Paddington), the award winning 80 minute documentary by Melbourne filmmaker Eve Ash exploring the … Continue reading →

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Another ‘Lindy Chamberlain’ miscarriage of justice

Posted on August 15, 2013 by janitor

By Andrew L. Urban It is four years now that Sue Neill-Fraser has been in custody for a murder she vehemently denies and evidence for which is at best circumstantial. On August 20, 2009, Neill-Fraser was arrested on the charge … Continue reading →

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