Category Archives: Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser

The third Red Herring Certificate goes jointly to … Justices Wood & Pearce

Posted on October 22, 2025 by andrew

The second appeal against her 2010 (wrongful) conviction and 23 year sentence for the 2009 murder of her partner Bob Chappel by Sue Neill-Fraser was heard in March 2021. Wood J and Pearce J voted to dismiss the appeal while … Continue reading →

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The second Red Herring Certificate goes to … Alan Blow (CJ rtd)

Posted on October 21, 2025 by andrew

The Red Herring Certificate identifies prosecutors and judges who, in our sincere opinion supported by evidence, have helped bring about wrongful convictions. The Inaugural Red Herring Certificate went to Tim Ellis SC, the former Tasmanian DPP whose 2010 prosecution (speculation?) … Continue reading →

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The Inaugural Red Herring Certificate goes to … Tim Ellis SC

Posted on October 20, 2025 by andrew

The Red Herring Certificate identifies prosecutors and judges who, in our sincere opinion supported by evidence, have helped bring about wrongful convictions. 

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Prosecutors hunting for convictions

Posted on October 3, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Prosecutorial (bad) behaviour is partly responsible for nearly 1 in 5 wrongful convictions in Australia. That is the statistic reported in a Griffith University study. That study looked at just 71 wrongful convictions. Behind the statistic is … Continue reading →

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Tasmanian parole board gag order on Sue Neill-Fraser challenged

Posted on August 13, 2025 by andrew

The following media release was issued today, August 13, 2025 by the Human Rights Law Centre after the Tasmanian parole board’s further and more restrictive conditions were applied in April this year.

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Poor judgement – bad apple judges harm entire judiciary

Posted on August 6, 2025 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban In my own narrow lane of writing about wrongful convictions, the concentration of error prone judges probably seems higher than elsewhere in the legal system. But maybe not … Supreme Court judge (since 2014) Belinda Rigg SC, … Continue reading →

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Read All About It! And weep…

Posted on May 11, 2025 by andrew

FRAMED – How The Legal System Framed Robert Xie For The Lin Family Murders (Prime KDP), by Andrew L. Urban is only the latest book exposing wrongful convictions in Australia. Some, like FRAMED, are case specific, others look at the … Continue reading →

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Legal challenge filed against Tasmanian Parole Board’s decision to gag free speech

Posted on April 28, 2025 by andrew

April 28, 2025: The Human Rights Law Centre has filed legal proceedings on behalf of Tasmanian grandmother, Susan Neill-Fraser, to challenge a restrictive parole condition placed on her by the Tasmanian Parole Board seeking to limit her ability to speak … Continue reading →

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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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Pressing need for law reforms ignored – or resisted?

Posted on March 11, 2025 by andrew

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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