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Trial By Water
Robert Farquharson has been locked up for decades for an unthinkable crime:murdering his three sons in a dam on Father's Day,2005. He's always insisted he's innocent. Now scientists and lawyers are raising serious doubts about his conviction,and asking whether in his case,the justice system has got it wrong.
Trial By Water is a five-part investigative podcast series into the case from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. It's hosted by award-winning journalist Michael Bachelard,who has been looking into this story for almost a decade. Subscribers get exclusive access to new episodes a week early.
Hosted and produced by
Michael Bachelard
Senior writer and former deputy editor and investigations editor ofThe Age
Ruby Schwartz
Head of investigative podcasts atThe Age andSydney Morning Herald
For Robert Farquharson’s appeal to succeed,he’ll have to change the minds of people within a system that’s already twice decided his guilt.
In the story of Robert Farquharson,there’s one thing that’s the hardest to understand.
Listen now to the third episode of the podcast investigation on the Robert Farquharson case – and why memory evidence can be unreliable.
Listen now to the second episode of the podcast on the Robert Farquharson case – and the questions about the science used against him.
In a new podcast investigation,we explore why a growing number of experts believe the case against convicted child killer Robert Farquharson is “fundamentally flawed”.
- Host
- Michael Bachelard
- Executive Producer
- Ruby Schwartz
- Mixing
- Martin Peralta
- Editor
- Mathew Dunckley
- Additional reporting
- Nick McKenzie,Ruby Schwartz
- Additional Editing
- Chris Paine,Patrick Elligett,Tom McKendrick
- Special thanks to
- David McMillan and Martine Chaussard
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