GIST: Nearly a year after she was released from prison, supporters of Susan Neill-Fraser have rallied on Parliament Lawns in their ongoing fight to clear her name.
Neill-Fraser was released from prison last October after serving 13 years of a 23 year sentence for the murder of her partner Bob Chappell aboard their yacht.
While she has always maintained her innocence, she has been unable to overturn her conviction despite multiple appeals and a bid to the High Court.
The 14th anniversary of her arrest was marked on Parliament Lawns today, calling for a commission of inquiry into her case.
Supporters say while the 69-year-old has been released on parole, she is not a free woman and an independent investigation is needed.
“She wears an ankle bracelet and has continuing restrictions imposed on her location and activities,” their website savesue.com reads.
“The fight to clear Sue’s name is not over, she was wrongfully convicted and her supporters are determined to keep up the fight to address the injustice.”
Tasmanian MP Meg Webb joined calls for an independent inquiry, raising concerns about a possible miscarriage of justice.
However, Police Minister Felix Ellis has ruled out an inquiry, saying that the case has already gone through the appeals process."
The entire story can be read at:
https://pulsehobart.com.au/news/susan-neill-fraser-a-year-free-supporters-still-seeking-justice/
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. 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;
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/120008354894645705/47049136857587929
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;
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YET ANOTHER FINAL WORD:
David Hammond, one of Broadwater’s attorneys who sought his exoneration, told the Syracuse Post-Standard, “Sprinkle some junk science onto a faulty identification, and it’s the perfect recipe for a wrongful conviction.”
https://deadline.com/2021/11/alice-sebold-lucky-rape-conviction-overturned-anthony-broadwater-1234880143/
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