Neil Mercer

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST TRUE CRIME SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 DANGER AWARD FOR CRIME NON-FICTION 'Stunning revelations, shocking crimes and a cracking read: I thought I knew a lot about these two infamous villains, but what I learned from Mercer's book surprised even me.' Kate McClymont, author of Dead Man Walking and He Who Must...

Nine wrongful imprisonments. Nine innocent men and women freed. Australia has a robust legal system. According to conventional wisdom, only the guilty end up behind bars. The reality is far more complex and, for First Nations Australians and other minorities in particular, the law can become a trap—one that has condemned completely innocent people to years, even decades, of wrongful...