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 and set them free.  Continue reading →

Posted in Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser, Case 05 Derek Bromley, Case 11 Robert Xie, Case 13 Robert Farquharson, Case 19 Marco Rusterholz, Case 22 Noel Greenaway | 4 Comments

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, legal rules and political operatives. Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride, as Margo Channing (Bette Davis in All About Eve) might say.  Continue reading →

Posted in Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser, Case 05 Derek Bromley, Case 18 Bruce Lehrmann | 4 Comments

Conviction based on fraud, appeal rejections unlawful

Posted on May 22, 2024 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

The tone is measured, professional, but the content is explosive, exposing the litany of judicial errors that have contributed to Derek Bromley being stuck in jail for the past 40 years – for a murder conviction that has no valid legal basis. Flinders University legal academic Dr Bob Moles has compiled a 50 page report, concluding that the conviction rests on fraud: a failure to disclose the absence of relevant qualifications by the State pathologist, Dr Colin Manock.  Continue reading →

Posted in Case 05 Derek Bromley | 6 Comments

The stonewall of justice

Posted on May 16, 2024 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

Call me naïve. It came as a shocking realisation, at 13:33 on May 16, 2024, to be exact. I’ve been wrong all this time. Before that moment, I actually imagined that the legal system, often mischaracterised as the justice system, had genuine concerns about correcting wrongful convictions. That’s why I started writing about the subject over a decade ago.  Continue reading →

Posted in General articles | 10 Comments

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.  Continue reading →

Posted in Case 01 Sue Neill-Fraser | 26 Comments

Should Lehrmann appeal? The new dispute

Posted on May 4, 2024 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

What’s worse than the stigma of being labelled a rapist? Being unable to wipe the label clean. Why would anyone not try, if they claimed innocence? For Lehrmann, the label is a life sentence, even though it was applied by a civil, not criminal, court. Some suggest he shouldn’t appeal. They’re wrong. Continue reading →

Posted in Case 18 Bruce Lehrmann | 15 Comments

The Lehrmann verdict – your say 2

Posted on May 3, 2024 by andrew

The following are some of the comments / excerpts in response to Andrew L. Urban’s article in The Spectator Australia on May 1, 2024, ‘Was Lehrmann’s presumption of innocence left in the lions’ den?’ Reader comments were taken down and disabled on May 2, 2024. There were no comments supporting Justice Lee’s finding that on the balance of probabilities Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins – and therefore he was not defamed by Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.  Continue reading →

Posted in Case 18 Bruce Lehrmann | 7 Comments

Judges deciding badly: Mossop J sends 93 year old to jail

Posted on April 30, 2024 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

 Justice David Mossop of the ACT Supreme Court is the latest judge in Australia to make a bad decision in a criminal trial, by sentencing a 93 year old husband to nine years in prison for the mercy killing of Jean, his 92 year old wife, suffering from dementia.  Continue reading →

Posted in General articles | 24 Comments

The Lehrmann verdict – your say

Posted on April 27, 2024 by andrew

Judging by published comments, the public largely rejects Justice Lee’s judgement that on the balance of probabilities Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins on Senator Reynolds’ Ministerial couch. We publish a selection to demonstrate.  Continue reading →

Posted in Case 18 Bruce Lehrmann | 13 Comments

Was Lehrmann’s presumption of innocence left in ‘lions’ den’?

Posted on April 26, 2024 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

It was over dinner that a former senior Australian Federal Police investigator brought it up. A question no-one appears to have considered. Continue reading →

Posted in Case 18 Bruce Lehrmann | 4 Comments