John Button In 1963, on his 19th birthday, John Button was charged with wilful murder for the hit and run killing of his girlfriend, which subsequently resulted in a conviction of manslaughter. Despite serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke confessing to the crime in 1964, Button served over five years of hard labour before his release. […]
Terry Irving Proud Gadigal man Terry Irving was wrongfully convicted of armed robbery in 1993, spending nearly five years in prison. His conviction was largely based on the identification of his vehicle as the getaway car and the testimony of three bank tellers. Despite significant discrepancies in witness descriptions and the absence of physical evidence
Susan Neill-Fraser In 2010, Susan Neill-Fraser was convicted of murder following the mysterious disappearance of her partner from their yacht on Australia Day. The case, highly publicised and deeply controversial, divided the Hobart community, leading to a 26-year sentence, later reduced to 23 on appeal. With no body, murder weapon, eyewitnesses, confession, clear motive, or
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Lloyd Rayney Lloyd Rayney, a former Perth barrister and Senior Crown Prosecutor, became embroiled in one of Australia’s most contentious legal battles following the 2007 disappearance and murder of his wife. Publicly labelled by police as the ‘prime’ and ‘only’ suspect, Rayney was charged, tried, and then acquitted. Enduring years of intense scrutiny and severe
Graham Stafford Graham Stafford was convicted in 1992 for the brutal murder of his girlfriend’s 12-year-old sister, whose mutilated body was discovered in bushland near Redbank Plains, Queensland. Despite the absence of a clear motive and significant flaws in the forensic evidence, Stafford was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. In 2009, after