Sarah’s mum starved herself to death. It was the only legal way for her to go
Wendy Mitchell spent a decade educating people about living with dementia. Now her daughter wants to tell us about how she died, and why it didn’t have to be that way.
- by Michael Bachelard
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‘The system protects its own’: Why most people who are wrongfully convicted don’t get compensated
The prosecutor’s remarks to the jury were “contrary to his responsibility to the court”. But the man jailed as a result still can’t get compensation for how these decisions ruined his life.
- by Michael Bachelard
Lawyer X compensation bill delayed amid fears it is a negotiating tactic
The Allan government has delayed its unprecedented bid to block compensation claims from the Lawyer X saga.
- by Broede Carmody, Kieran Rooney and Michael Bachelard
Robert Campbell coughed and passed out. He now thinks convicted murderer Robert Farquharson is innocent
Scepticism over Farquharson’s coughing and fainting story was at the centre of two prosecutions and two guilty verdicts that saw him sentenced to 33 years in prison for triple child murder.
- by Michael Bachelard
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Trial by Water
Trial By Water, Episode 5: The ‘golden thread’
Listen now to the final episode of the hit investigative podcast about the case of Robert Farquharson.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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‘I’m going to nail you for it’: Was Robert Farquharson’s prosecution a case of tunnel vision?
Police need to focus their efforts, but what happens if they miss clues along the way?
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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Revenge was the motive but nobody got a psych report into Farquharson
Experts question how the prosecution could have argued convicted child-killer Robert Farquharson was driven by revenge and not sought evidence to back that up.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
Podcast
Trial by Water
Trial By Water, Episode 4: How Robert Farquharson failed the Dad test
In the story of Robert Farquharson there’s one thing that’s the hardest to understand.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
Podcast
Trial by Water
Listen to Trial By Water – Episode 3
Listen now to the third episode of the podcast investigation on the Robert Farquharson case – and why memory evidence can be particularly fraught in murder trials.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
Podcast
Trial by Water
Listen to Trial By Water – Episode 2
Listen now to the second episode of the podcast investigation on the Robert Farquharson case – and the serious questions about the science that helped convict him.
- by Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
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‘Fried noodles #23’: Witness’s new detail raises crucial question in Farquharson case
Dawn Waite’s evidence excited police, swayed Robert Farquharson’s ex-wife against him and was held to be crucial by the judge. But it might well have been impossible.
- by Michael Bachelard, Ruby Schwartz and Nick McKenzie
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/by/michael-bachelard-hveki