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Entries in Miscarriage of justice (3)

Thursday
May292014

A substantial miscarriage of justice

• DateThursday, May 29, 2014

Updated on Sunday, June 1, 2014 by Registered CommenterJustinian

UPDATE ... Report of the Eastman inquiry goes to the ACT Supreme Court ... Trial infected by flawed forensic evidence ... Former public servant spends 19 years in jail for murder of senior police officer ... Former prosecutor sues for defamation ... Full Court finds Justice Martin's inquiry into Eastman's conviction affected by judicial error ... Recommendation that Eastman be pardoned and his conviction quashed 

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Sunday
Jul292012

Mallard - the final curtain

• DateSunday, July 29, 2012

Prosecutor fined and reprimanded for unsatisfactory conduct in the Mallard case … Notorious WA stitch-up by police … Administrative Tribunal finds prosecutor's conduct "inadvertent" … Failure to disclose evidence … No reasonable evidence to support DPP's submission about murder weapon 

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Friday
Dec102010

Prosecutor breaches duty

• DateFriday, December 10, 2010

Victorian prosecutor Carolyn Burnside birched by the Court of Appeal ... Failure to disclose evidence helpful to the defence ... Miscarriage of justice ... Defence team alerted to earlier case by DPP just before appeal hearing ... Tom Westbrook investigates

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