Category Archives: Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser

Skeletons in the legal closet – look inside

Posted on May 27, 2024 by andrew

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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The Sofronoff Express at Platform ‘Speed’

Posted on May 24, 2024 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. The Magna Carta meets the ACT’s legal system on the Sofronoff express in what promises to be a historic and relevant journey into pretty wild legal territory. That territory is strewn with the carcasses of legal reputations, … Continue reading →

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Downside of Lyn’s Law

Posted on May 11, 2024 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban  Convicted murderers have a choice: reveal the whereabouts of their victims’ bodies or lose access to parole. Wrongfully convicted murderers have no such choice. 

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Respect is earned; so is disrespect, Your Honour

Posted on April 2, 2024 by andrew

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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Tasmania: new Sheriff, same old cover up

Posted on November 15, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban There is a new sheriff in Hobart town: Attorney-General Guy Barnett was appointed (in turbulent circumstances) to succeed Elise Archer in October 2023. But after years of stonewalling on calls for an inquiry into the murder conviction … Continue reading →

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A decade of denial, Tasmania still a legal laughing stock

Posted on September 3, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. It was 10 years ago: “This case calls for an inquiry,” said the late and great defence barrister Chester Porter KC, after a public screening (at Sydney’s Chauvel Cinema) of Shadow of Doubt, Eve Ash’s documentary about … Continue reading →

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Imagining what Tasmanian justice might try to be

Posted on August 31, 2023 by andrew

Today is the second anniversary of the tabling of papers in the Tasmanian Legislative Council that dissect many serious problems with the investigation and prosecution of Sue Neill-Fraser for the 2009 Australia Day murder of her partner, but Tasmanian media … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to The Hon Elise Archer, Attorney-General of Tasmania

Posted on August 27, 2023 by andrew

Dear Attorney, In my new book, The Exoneration Papers – Sue Neill-Fraser (Wilkinson Publishing), I challenge your claims as to why you have not and will not instigate a Commission of Inquiry into the case of Sue Neill-Fraser. I invite … Continue reading →

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The truth will out – with help from Sodium Pentothal

Posted on August 26, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban I suspect* that Hobart grandmother Sue Neill-Fraser, convicted** in 2010 of murdering her partner of 18 years Bob Chappell, whose body has never been found, can’t wait to be injected with the truth drug Sodium Pentothal that … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser book timely as prosecutors in spotlight

Posted on August 11, 2023 by andrew

“Mr Sofronoff deserves the nation’s gratitude for turning our minds to the next issue: the extent to which other prosecutors are sidelining fundamental principles in order to secure convictions …” The Australian, Wednesday, August 9, 2023. 

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