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Articles relevant to the subject of wrongful convictions

Sloppy evidence gathering = wrongful conviction

Posted on September 16, 2020 by andrew

Faulty bite mark analysis and the unreliable testimony of a prisoner delivered a rape & murder conviction against Robert DuBoise in Florida 37 years ago. He has just been released after the forensic testimony was discredited and DNA evidence confirmed … Continue reading →

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Police gullibility or a rush to judgement?

Posted on September 12, 2020 by andrew

Vanessa Engle’s 59 minute BBC2 doco, The  Unbelievable Story of Carl Beech, is accurately titled; let’s hope we get to see it in Australia sometime soon (following its August 24, 2020 premiere in the UK). The readiness of police to … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong Mr Attorney General? Do you know?

Posted on September 9, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. How can a man who doesn’t seem to know right from wrong be the Attorney General of an Australian State? I don’t know the answer, but I do believe I have evidence that NSW AG Mark Speakman … Continue reading →

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Incompetent, humiliated criminal system fails again

Posted on September 7, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. In just 60 Minutes last Sunday (6/9/20), Channel 9 has shown how the Cooks, a circus family from the Blue Mountains, were persecuted by a preposterous police prosecution of a case that not only lacked evidence of … Continue reading →

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Australia needs a Criminal Cases Review Commission says leading forensic pathologist Prof Stephen Cordner

Posted on August 23, 2020 by andrew

Marking the 40th anniversary of the night Lindy Chamberlain’s baby Azaria was taken by a dingo from the family tent at Uluru (August 17, 1980) sparking Australia’s best known miscarriage of justice, leading forensic pathologist Professor Stephen Cordner is quoted … Continue reading →

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Kamala Harris ex-prosecutor – a friend of justice?

Posted on August 12, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Integrity goes to character. Does Kamala Harris pass the test? This is a key question now she is the Vice Presidential candidate on Joe Biden’s Presidential ticket, but in her previous life, she was San Francisco’s District … Continue reading →

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Sorry – for 27 years in jail

Posted on August 7, 2020 by andrew

A Chinese court has apologised to Yuhuan Zhang for his wrongful conviction, after he spent 27 years in jail. The news comes just days after our two-part series on US and Australian prosecutors and judges making similar apologies. We like … Continue reading →

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The Honourable List – in Australia

Posted on July 31, 2020 by andrew

Previously, we held up as examples some prosecutors and judges who had Honourably taken responsibility and apologised for mistakes and malpractice causing some innocents to suffer wrongful convictions. They were (almost) all in America; we couldn’t find any examples in … Continue reading →

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The Honourable List – a start

Posted on July 30, 2020 by andrew

Doing the honourable thing by accepting responsibility for mistakes within the criminal justice system stands out as a novelty, it sometimes seems to us. So we want to recognise some of those who have done the honourable thing, apologising for … Continue reading →

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How to fix Australia’s biggest legal scandal

Posted on July 29, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. It could be the start of a black joke: ‘have you heard the one about the chief forensic pathologist of a modern Australian state who was not qualified to do his job, was discredited by the legal … Continue reading →

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