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Articles relevant to the subject of wrongful convictions

Starting AI at the crime scene on path to safer convictions

STEVEN FENNELL writes in response to Adrian Bertino-Clarke’s article, “What If Reviewing a Possible Wrongful Conviction Cost Almost Nothing?” published yesterday, expanding on the potential for AI to help reduce the incidence of wrongful convictions. I have no formal qualifications … Continue reading →

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What If Reviewing a Possible Wrongful Conviction Cost Almost Nothing?

ADRIAN BERTINO-CLARKE asks what happens to the justice system when artificial intelligence makes it dramatically cheaper to question whether an old conviction is safe. 

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How pre-trial AI ‘fairness review’ could minimise wrongful convictions

Andrew L. Urban.  Prosecutors should not always need an AI agent to identify weaknesses in a circumstantial case. For instance, you don’t need to have been a trainee lawyer to have recognised that the police brief of the Sue Neill-Fraser … Continue reading →

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Andrew L. Urban interviews GPT-6

ANDREW URBAN: I am a journalist, my name is Andrew Urban. I’d like to interview you. Do you consent? CHATGPT: Yes, Andrew Urban. I consent to being interviewed. I’m happy to answer your questions on the record, including challenging questions about artificial … Continue reading →

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From the archives: woman on fire, husband accused – tragedy in Rouse Hill

Andrew L. Urban. Parwinder Kaur had poured a small amount of petrol onto herself, hardly enough to fill a teacup. A few minutes later she flicked on a cigarette lighter and ignited the petrol. It was intended not to kill … Continue reading →

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Involuntary giggle a sin in court?

Prompted by our story about Giggle for Girls founder Sall Grover being judged to have giggled hurtfully at a cartoon depicting her legal opponent Roxanne Tickle (yeah, real names), STEVEN FENNELL discusses the issues when involuntary responses conflict with courtroom … Continue reading →

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Sall Grover awarded at CPAC, after getting fined when laughing at a cartoon in Court

Andrew L. Urban.  It’s a joke, allright. And the Federal court is the butt of the joke. That was my thought as Sall Grover, to a standing ovation, received her Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Freedom & Hope Award on … Continue reading →

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Murder by the State?

Andrew L. Urban.  In the news: in America, after 30 years in solitary, Christa Pike’s execution went horribly wrong when two lethal injections left her unconscious but alive. Nadil Hasan will face a military firing squad set for December 3. … Continue reading →

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October when wrongful conviction meets antisemitism, terrorism

Andrew L. Urban. On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists killed, raped and tortured young Israelis in a massacre of some 1200 and took some 240 hostages into their tunnels in Gaza. On October 15, 1894, French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus, … Continue reading →

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When “Reserved” Becomes a Holding Pattern

Justice may be blind, but it should not be allowed to take three years to find its glasses, writes STEVEN  FENNELL, prompted by the story of the feud between NSW Chief Justice Bell who is irked by Federal Court Justice … Continue reading →

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