Susan Neill-Fraser: Australia: Bulletin: Special leave application to High Court to be heard on August 12, Eve Ash reports on Change.org.

BACKGROUND: AUSTRALIA: SUSAN NEILL-FRASER: "Susan  Neill-Fraser was convicted of murdering her partner Bob Chappell on Australia Day 2009, on board their yacht, Four Winds. She has maintained her innocence. She has been granted leave to appeal (in March 2019) after a three year process in which then homeless 15 year old Meaghan Vass admitted she was a witness to the murder and Neill-Fraser was not involved. Vass’ DNA was found on the deck."

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PETITION UPDATE: Her  special leave application to the High Court  will be head on August 12, Eve Ash reports, on  August 1, in a change.org note that contains links to the petition (34 thousand signatures thus  far)  and to the  podcast 'Who Killed Bob" which has had 3/4 million downloads.

GIST: "Sue's legal team, inc Robert Richter QC (and DPP) each present 20 mins to 2-3 High Court judges. We hope the judges agree to refer the appeal to the full bench of High Court in coming months. Sue's spent 13 LONG years in jail waiting for justice. On 20th August she'll be eligible for parole. This petition has exceeded 34k signatures - thank you. Let's get it to 35k for the 12th August hearing. Our Podcast 'Who Killed Bob?' has had 3/4 million ep downloads."

The entire update can be read at: 

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Who Killed Bob? on Apple Podcasts

Why was mild-mannered, middle aged Sue Neill-Fraser convicted of murdering her partner Bob Chappell on their yacht in January 2009… 

https://podcasts.apple.com

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic"  section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com.  Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog;

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SEE BREAKDOWN OF  SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG,  AT THE LINK BELOW:  HL:

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985

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FINAL WORD:  (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases):  "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."

Lawyer Radha Natarajan:

Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;

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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions.   They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!

Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;