Bulletin: Susan Neill-Fraser: Rally told that proposed right to appeal legislation does not go far enough: "It requires fresh and compelling evidence, now Sue Neill-Fraser's case will find it very difficult to find fresh evidence six years down the track," former Attorney-General, Labor MP Lara Giddings said. "It is very difficult in a case like that where you have the disappearance of a person, no body, no weapon, a lot of circumstantial evidence, to actually find fresh evidence.

Under the proposal, an amendment to the Criminal Code Act 1924 will provide a new right to appeal in cases where there is fresh and compelling evidence. Currently in Tasmania, a person who has been convicted and exhausted their appeal rights is able to petition the Attorney-General and the state's Governor to exercise mercy. Today supporters of convicted Hobart murderer Susan Neill-Fraser gathered on Parliament House lawns to urge the Government to make the amendments as a matter of urgency to allow her case to be re-heard. Neill-Fraser was found guilty of the 2009 murder of her partner, Bob Chappell, and has since exhausted all appeal avenues. Mr Chappell's body was never found. Neill-Fraser's family and supporters have maintained her innocence. Former Attorney-General, Labor MP Lara Giddings, told the rally the current laws were too stringent and the proposed amendments should go further. "It requires fresh and compelling evidence, now Sue Neill-Fraser's case will find it very difficult to find fresh evidence six years down the track," she said. "It is very difficult in a case like that where you have the disappearance of a person, no body, no weapon, a lot of circumstantial evidence, to actually find fresh evidence.  So there is a risk that a case like Susan Neill-Fraser's will not benefit from the Right to Appeal legislation the Attorney will bring forward."
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