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Articles relevant to the subject of wrongful convictions

Australia the loser among developed nations on wrongful convictions

Posted on May 2, 2025 by andrew

Australia’s record on wrongful convictions in serious crimes lags behind many developed countries due to systemic gaps in case review mechanisms, compensation frameworks and public accountability, as researched by AI.

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Free the dangerous, jail the innocent?

Posted on April 26, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban “Why do we keep letting monsters out?” That’s the headline on the top editorial in the Saturday Telegraph (26/4/2025). The context is the latest murder of a young woman (Audrey Griffin) by a man free on parole … Continue reading →

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TRUE CRIME, FALSE NARRATIVES: A PANEL ON WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS IN AUSTRALIA

Posted on April 23, 2025 by andrew

Artist Sky Parra’s DENIED project of portraits she has created of wrongfully convicted subjects is central to a special panel event in Hobart on Saturday, May 17, 2025, with speakers including former Lindy Chamberlain lawyer Stuart Tipple. 

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The low-down on the legal profession

Posted on March 22, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Sydney’s Macquarie Law School is attracting public criticism for compelling law students to include acknowledgment of country (a form of political speech) in work to which it has no relevance. It’s a change from the history of … Continue reading →

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Seven charged as detectives uncover fraudulent sexual abuse compensation claims in scheme worth more than $1 billion

Posted on February 13, 2025 by andrew

Detectives from the Financial Crimes Squad have charged seven people following the discovery of fraudulent sexual abuse compensation claims in a scheme which has paid out over $1 billion in claims to date. 

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The long harm of the law

Posted on January 4, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban There should be an equivalent of the first principle of the doctors’ Hippocratic Oath for lawyers and judges – the entire legal system in fact: ‘first, do no harm.’ But there isn’t. For example, in the case … Continue reading →

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Fraud unravels everything – even wrongful convictions

Posted on December 18, 2024 by andrew

“The lawyer who may knock over one of the worst miscarriages of justice in Australia may not even need to be a criminal lawyer… just a basic understanding of civil procedure may be all that is necessary.” Flinders University legal … Continue reading →

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Behind the scenes at #MeToo sexual assault lawfare

Posted on November 21, 2024 by andrew

In an interview with former NSW police prosecutor Richard McDonald, BETTINA ARNDT hears about “a system captured by ideology, where police are discouraged from properly investigating sexual assault and domestic violence claims.” 

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Judges split 2:1 to uphold ICAC’s ruling on Berejiklian

Posted on July 26, 2024 by andrew

Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has lost her appeal to overturn ICAC’s findings that she engaged in “serious corrupt conduct”. 

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Should we lower the bar to get ‘justice’?

Posted on June 25, 2024 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Well now, the Law Reform Commission, which has never looked at reforms that might minimise wrongful convictions, is conducting a probe into the nation’s sexual assault laws to examine whether civil ­remedies, with lower standards of proof, … Continue reading →

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