pt. 1. General issues -- 1. The criminal justice system -- 2. Police and forensic science procedures -- 3. Autopsies -- 4. Medical matters -- pt. 2. The cases -- 5.. Time and tide Frits Van Beelen 1972 -- 6. Time and time again David Szack 1979 Stefan Niewdack and Alan Ellis 1992 -- 7. Arsenic and old cases Emily Perry 1981 -- 8. No clothes , no files, no suspicions John Highfold 1983 Kingsley Dixon 1987-- 9. There be nothing suspicious ... Terry Arkitidis 1990 Peter Marshal 1992 -- 10. Seeing things The baby deaths 1994 -- 11. The one positive indication of murder Henry Keogh 1995 part 1. -- 12. No bruise, no grip, no crime Henry Keogh 1995 part 2 -- 13. No match Michael Penney 1996 -- 14. Justice for some or for all ? -- pt. 3. Where to from here? -- 15. This is not good enough -- 16. We can't face the future if we can't face the truth
Summary
Examines forensic cases which were later found to be flawed. It also presents an intriguing portrait of the former chief of Forensic Pathology (SA) and asks why it took the system 30 years to scrutinize his qualifications and competence
Analysis
South Australia
Criminal justice
Forensic science
Miscarriage of justice
Accountability
Case studies
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references: pages 273-287
