I am doing an assignment on wrongful convictions (ie; innocent people who have been convicted - and obviously later found innocent, or atleast in the process of an appeal). Does anyone know where I can find Australian cases (legal websites obviously arent that proud of them so they are hard to find) or can anyone suggest any to me? I only need to use a few examples. (P.S. Not the Chamberlains, I already have that one).
Thanks!
Answer:
I'm not aware of any site which specifically identifies wrongful convictions - you may just have to trawl through the search results on austlii.edu.au
In Qld, a couple which come to mind are the conviction and later acquittal on appeal of Di Fingleton (Chief Magistrate! - [2005] HCA 34), and Pauline Hanson (Politician - [2003] QCA 488).
I see that you are mainly after those where confessions were coerced - one is O'SULLIVAN v THE QUEEN [2002] NSWCCA 98
Maybe in australian history but not now with DNA..
And we are proud of our legal system - whats your problem ********?
Most recent public events were Pauline Hanson %26 Di Fingleton. Interestingly, both in the "smart **** state" Qld.
Premier Beattie refused point blank to compensate Pauline Hansen for her wrongull conviction and imprisonment.
Thier have been many cases where years later DNA, new or fresh evidence, false statements, death bed confessions, tunnell vision etc.
refer
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/qld/q...
this is where a person was wrongly convicted of rape who served imprisonment. (Sadly again in Qld).
The web site http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/ has many articles on wrongfull convictions in each state or territory.
It the US it is estimate that between 0.5 to 5% of convictions maybe wrongfull convictions. It probably is a similar % in Australia.
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