Derek Bromley granted parole after 40 years
Derek Bromley is granted parole 40 years after his 1984 murder conviction, still maintaining his innocence.
28 March 2024
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What if the police and prosecution were told to ‘believe all victims of false allegations’?
A Bristol criminologist inverts the instruction: if police and prosecutors had to believe every claimed victim of a false allegation, would they accept it?
22 January 2024
False rape allegations aren’t so rare
The much-quoted 5 per cent figure comes from a meta-analysis that excluded whole categories of cases. Two Australian researchers put the real rate above 10 per cent.
21 October 2023
Cheerleading coach acquitted of sexually assaulting girls
An Adelaide cheerleading coach who had been accused of sexually assaulting girls at a club is acquitted of all charges, after a judge finds the complainants were "not credible or reliable".
29 September 2023
Cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying false memories: misinformation, distortion or erroneous configuration?
A review of the cognitive and neural mechanisms behind false memories: misinformation, distortion and erroneous configuration.
7 September 2023
Review body may help establish other wrongful conviction cases, professor says
A law professor hopes an independent commission aimed at dealing with cases of wrongful conviction will stop cases like Alan Hall's taking decades to rectify.
19 August 2023
Corruption Pervades Police Forces in Australia and United Kingdom: Part 2
The headline of a report in the Age Newspaper on Wednesday 22 March 2023 read, “Gobbo seeks immunity deal to dob on police.” Gobbo refers, of course, to Nicola…
3 April 2023
One in three think women use sex assault claims to 'get back at men'
Research shows one in three Australians think women use sexual assault claims as retribution against men.
28 March 2023
Jonathan King on Prince Andrew, EMI and a Corrupted Justice System
Jonathan King on Prince Andrew, EMI and a corrupted justice system, and the campaign he says was built to stop him.
21 March 2023
Eleanor Williams jailed for eight and a half years after rape and trafficking lies
Eleanor Williams is jailed for eight and a half years for lying about being raped and trafficked by a grooming gang.
14 March 2023