A wrongful conviction is a blot on our legal system. Sadly, exposing and correcting that blot is a long, long process.
The killing took place on 26 January 2009 (Australia Day - a national holiday) on a moored yacht. The murder trial was in the second half of 2010.
There was no body, no murder weapon, a poor attempt to suggest a motive: a wholly circumstantial case.
Efforts to expose the fallacies in the police investigation began in 2012. Every one of those efforts failed. The victim's wife spent around 13 years in gaol and is now on parole.
This podcast series is a short, easy to follow, expose of how a legal system has been corrupted, not by money in this instance, but by a way of thinking characterised by ineptitude, inflexibility, laziness, and the arrogance of power.
Those seeking more information can find it at https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/legislative-council/tabled-papers/2021-50th-parliament/LCTP14_31_08_2021.pdf
Near four years after the prisoner's most recent appeal was dismissed new information has come to light: recent advances in DNA science, and material reluctantly produced by police in response to Freedom of Information requests. This information upends key elements in the police/prosecution case.
Those with an interest in sound police investigative methods, the duties of prosecutors, how today's science can expose yesterday's errors, and why one should never lose hope, should look for announcements late in 2025.
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A wrongful conviction is a blot on our legal system. Sadly, exposing and correcting that blot is a long, long process.
The killing took place on 26 January 2009 (Australia Day - a national holiday) on a moored yacht. The murder trial was in the second half of 2010.
There was no body, no murder weapon, a poor attempt to suggest a motive: a wholly circumstantial case.
Efforts to expose the fallacies in the police investigation began in 2012. Every one of those efforts failed. The victim's wife spent around 13 years in gaol and is now on parole.
This podcast series is a short, easy to follow, expose of how a legal system has been corrupted, not by money in this instance, but by a way of thinking characterised by ineptitude, inflexibility, laziness, and the arrogance of power.
Those seeking more information can find it at https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/legislative-council/tabled-papers/2021-50th-parliament/LCTP14_31_08_2021.pdf
Near four years after the prisoner's most recent appeal was dismissed new information has come to light: recent advances in DNA science, and material reluctantly produced by police in response to Freedom of Information requests. This information upends key elements in the police/prosecution case.
Those with an interest in sound police investigative methods, the duties of prosecutors, how today's science can expose yesterday's errors, and why one should never lose hope, should look for announcements late in 2025.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When an innocent person is wrongly convicted there are many losers, apart from that innocent person. We, the community, who put our trust in our legal system are all losers.
Every legal system can be subverted by the misconduct of those employed to make it work, whether as police, prosecutors, defence lawyers, politicians, judges, and even the media.
This episode sets out the environment which first created and has since sustained yet another example of the awful consequences that flow when poor police investigation is coupled with lawyer error then followed by political opportunism or indifference.
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For those listeners with an interest in advocacy skills in courts/tribunals, please explore the podcast 'Advocacy in Court - preparation and performance'.
For those listeners who are litigation lawyers or their witnesses, please listen to the podcast 'Witness Essentials'.
Available on Kindle is an inexpensive book also called 'Advocacy in Court: preparation and performance'. The author is Hugh Selby. Also on Kindle by Hugh are 'Liar Games' and ' The Bone Cancer', both of which include examples of court room advocacy.
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