Death Penalty Supporters Say There’s No Proof of the Innocent Being Executed. Virginia Might Prove Them Wrong.
The possibility of executing the innocent has gone a long way to change the national conversation about the death penalty.
14 August 2026
Opinion
8 stories
The Guardian view on the Criminal Cases Review Commission: after Malkinson errors, trust must be earned back
Editorial: A review ordered by Vera Baird should help the body tasked with identifying miscarriages of justice to rebuild itself.
17 July 2026
Easter Story: The Wrongful Conviction That Changed the World
An Easter essay on Australian theologian Barbara Thiering's Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship and her naturalistic reconstruction of the crucifixion.
2 April 2026
The Epstein scandal has morphed into a moral panic
Brendan O'Neill argues the Epstein scandal has morphed into a moral panic, cancelling men for the flimsiest of connections.
6 February 2026
Don't believe the 'Believe Her' movement
Mary Wakefield on the 'Believe Her' movement and the case of German MP Stefan Gelbhaar, whose career was ruined by allegations that collapsed.
29 January 2025
The use of ‘recovered memory’ in this alarming Aussie sex scandal reveals its ruinous nature, & the weakness of liberal democracy
The Australian government may fall because of unproven and extremely dodgy 30-year-old rape allegations against a cabinet minister – the unchecked power of the #MeToo movement and its woke media allies is destroying our society.
9 March 2021
Woke America Is a Russian Novel
Woke America read as a Russian novel, where denunciation and public confession replace due process and forgiveness.
21 July 2020
A cancerous phenomenon
One of Australia's most respected former detectives, Colin McLaren, breaks rank to explain why he no longer trusts the judicial system — and why Australia still has no criminal cases review commission.
13 June 2020