Ross Dunn

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Charge:	Attempted Murder and Conspiracy
Sentence:	16 years
Years Imprisoned:	7
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	1979
Year Cleared:	1985
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Ross Dunn was a codefendant of Paul Alister & Tim Anderson. The three were known as the Ananda Marga Trio convicted in New South Wales, Australia of conspiring to murder Robert Cameron, the then leader of the National Front. A judicial inquiry conducted by Justice Wood in 1985 determined the three men were innocent. They were pardoned and released in 1985. The three defendants were compensated in 1987 with an ex gratia payment of $100,000 for 7 years wrongful imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous testimony by special branch member named Richard Seary who was described by Supreme Court Justice Lionel Murphy as “the most unreliable person ever presented as the principle prosecution witness on a serious crime”.
Innocence Proved By:	The three codefendants were pardoned in 1985 based on new evidence of their innocence and released from prison.
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Compensation Awarded:	AUS$100k (1987)
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	""Miscarriages of Justice: Background on Compensation for NSW Victims," by Tim Anderson"
Information Location 1:	http://www.justiceaction.org.au/JstAct/miscarrback.html
Information Source 2:	"Responding To Custody Levels - Compensation For Miscarriage Of Justice""
Information Location 2:	http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/car/1993/6/21.html
Information Source 3:	"Second frame-up of Tim Anderson, The Guardian, June 7, 1989, p. 4"
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Information Source 4:	"The hangman and the electric chair - Part 1, by Bernie Matthews, July 28, 2005"
Information Location 4:	http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3700
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Ross Dunn

Charge:

Attempted Murder and Conspiracy

Sentence:

16 years

Years Imprisoned:

7

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1979

Year Cleared:

1985

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous testimony by special branch member named Richard Seary who was described by Supreme Court Justice Lionel Murphy as “the most unreliable person ever presented as the principle prosecution witness on a serious crime”.

Innocence Proved By:

The three codefendants were pardoned in 1985 based on new evidence of their innocence and released from prison.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

AUS$100k (1987)

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""Miscarriages of Justice: Background on Compensation for NSW Victims," by Tim Anderson"

Information Location 1:

http://www.justiceaction.org.au/JstAct/miscarrback.html

Information Source 2:

"Responding To Custody Levels - Compensation For Miscarriage Of Justice""

Information Location 2:

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/car/1993/6/21.html

Information Source 3:

"Second frame-up of Tim Anderson, The Guardian, June 7, 1989, p. 4"

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Information Source 4:

"The hangman and the electric chair - Part 1, by Bernie Matthews, July 28, 2005"

Information Location 4:

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=3700

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