Convictions that changed our world

Posted on November 21, 2023 by andrew

One of the two most recent “convictions” that have changed our world by triggering violent responses was that Israel had targeted a Gaza hospital as part of its response to the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023. The other was the 2021 trial and conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. His appeal failed two years ago this week. But the documentary The Fall of Minneapolis presents evidence to support the claim that it was a wrongful conviction. And a tragedy for Minneapolis. 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 of Sue Neill-Fraser by lawyers, barristers, media and the public,* it’s the same old cover up. Continue reading →

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The justice of science for Folbigg

Posted on November 10, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban

Kathleen Folbigg’s case is finally heading to the Appeals Court where it is expected her convictions for the murder of her children will be quashed, after findings in the latest inquiry, completed earlier this year, digested the scientific evidence. Continue reading →

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Should prosecutors take the oath?

Posted on September 10, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

 The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth … that’s the oath taken by witnesses in criminal trials. But not by prosecutors. In our adversarial system, the truth can be an incidental benefit to a conviction.  Continue reading →

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Call to hold off on Criminal Cases Review Commission “baffling” – Dr Bob Moles

Posted on September 8, 2023 by andrew

The call by The Bridge of Hope Innocence Initiative (BOHII) to hold off on the development of a Criminal Cases Review Commission “is quite frankly baffling,” comments Dr Bob Moles, “and can, in my opinion, only serve to alienate them from their main client group – those claiming to be wrongly convicted – and the entire academic and professional community working in this area.”  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 the Sue Neill-Fraser case. You can watch him here. Accompanied and supported by former Lindy Chamberlain lawyer Stuart Tipple, the great man warned that Tasmania could become a laughing stock, if it wasn’t so serious. And ten years later, Tasmania has resolutely chosen to stay a legal laughing stock.

“His formidable ability to both charm and devour his prey during cross-examination as a top defence barrister earned Chester Porter two epitaphs. One, that he could walk on water, which he adopted in a book title. The other, he was not as fond of, as the ‘smiling funnel-web’,” Wrote Anna Patty (SMH March 17, 2021) on Porter’s death at age 95.

The late Chester Porter KC

Porter was only the first eminent lawyer with whom Tasmania’s Attorney-General Elise Archer disagrees, denying the need for a Commission of Inquiry into the controversial case.

She also disagrees with:

Barbara Etter APM
Dr Bob Moles
Greg Barns SC
Hugh Selby
Jeff Thompson
Lara Giddings
Marcus Einfeld KC
Margaret Cunneen SC
Paul Galbally
Robert Richter KC
Tom Percy KC

… and 37,000 signatories to a petition.

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The wrongful conviction that harms children

Posted on September 2, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.

Why am I writing about climate change on a blog devoted to wrongful convictions? My justification is that carbon dioxide has been wrongfully convicted of causing global warming, according to climate scientists, and the alarmism is causing many children to be overly anxious. (Not to mention all the other damage…) And I’ve been ‘triggered’ …  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 and law bodies have been careful not to have a look. Former barrister HUGH SELBY (a co-author of the tabled papers) says that’s the Tassie way, but does it have to be?
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Lucy Letby – serial baby killer or wrongfully convicted nurse?

Posted on August 28, 2023 by andrew

A fascinating and gob-smacking interview of Dr Scott McLachlan by Norman Fenton that raises much doubt about Lucy Letby’s guilt is part of a report that takes the lid off the most sensational multiple death case in the UK. NIALL McCRAE writes in unitynewsnetwork.co.uk  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 you to publicly respond to my criticisms of your reasons.  Continue reading →

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