New linguistics research casts doubt on decades-old murder conviction
- Written by Helen Fraser, Director of the Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence, The University of Melbourne
On September 8 1988, 20-year-old Janine Balding was abducted, raped, and brutally murdered in New South Wales. Police quickly arrested four youths, who accused an older man nicknamed “Shorty”.
Two weeks later, police interviewed Stephen “Shorty” Jamieson. Within a few hours, they had a full confession, typed by one of the...
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