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Show me the evidence

In a case orchestrated by NSW police and then Senior Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi AM KC,  Robert Xie was convicted of murdering five members of his wife’s family, the Lins. Andrew L. Urban’s new book demolishes this wrongful conviction. 

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“I am innocent” – Robert Xie

Andrew L. Urban unravels the Crown’s circular argument that Robert Xie must be guilty because the murders ‘must have been’ committed at a time the Crown claims, without evidence.  In fact, he had an alibi: he was in his bed … Continue reading

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Pressing need for law reforms ignored – or resisted?

Andrew L. Urban What reforms has the criminal justice system undertaken in the wake of the wrongful convictions decades ago of Lindy Chamberlain, Derek Bromley, Henry Keogh, Andrew Mallard, Gordon Wood and – we say, Sue Neill-Fraser in 2010, Robert Xie … Continue reading

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Suspicion – fuelled by media – can lead to Wrongful Convictions

Public suspicion can (mis)lead courts & juries to miscarriages of justice, as contributor PETER GILL finds.

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Self contradiction in Crown case against Robert Xie

Andrew L. Urban’s forthcoming book, FRAMED, about the wrongful conviction of Robert Xie, shines a light on several serious flaws undermining the conviction. Here are a couple of examples that show questionable behaviour by police, prosecution, judge and jury. 

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COMING SOON: FRAMED – Urban’s new book on Robert Xie

Subtitled “How the legal system framed Robert Xie for the Lin family murders”, Urban’s latest book tells the astonishing true story of how a weak circumstantial case plus a combination of incompetence and unethical behaviour throughout the legal system, from … Continue reading

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

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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Skeletons in the legal closet – look inside

They are prisoners. But they are wrongfully convicted, as we have shown here and elsewhere, supported by legal argument. They are skeletons in the legal closet; catastrophic failures- – but the legal system seems unable and/or unwilling to admit error … Continue reading

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Respect is earned; so is disrespect, Your Honour

Andrew L. Urban. In a timely warning to his fellow judges, High Court Chief Justice Stephen Gageler has raised concerns that increasing media “attacks” made on individual judges may reflect on the judiciary as a whole, saying judges need to … Continue reading

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Remember Robert Xie, another murder by the prosecution

Andrew L. Urban. ANNIVERSARY OF SHAME: On February 4, 2015, nine years ago this weekend, the third trial began of Robert Xie for the brutal murder of five members of his wife’s family. Eleven months later, it became the longest … Continue reading

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