Outline a case in which a person has been wrongfully convicted of a crime- 1 The Chamberlain case took place at a campground in Uluru on the 17th of August 1980. Lindy Chamberlain had put her young son’s and 10-week-old baby girl Azaria Chamberlain to sleep in the family tent. Later that night, Lindy thought she saw a dingo coming out from the tent carrying an object. As she entered the tent and noticed Azaria missing, she screamed in terror “A Dingo’s go my baby”. Evidence led to the person’s conviction- 2 o Bloodstained female handprint on baby’s jumpsuit o Baby’s blood found in interior of car o Fabric tuff’s (cut by scissors) from jumpsuit found on floor of car and in camera bag o Blood and baby’s hair also found in camera bag o …show more content…
Michael, Lindy’s husband, had then taken the body and buried it. Lindy had made up the story about the dingo and Michael had dug up the jumpsuit and placed it where it was found to support Lindy’s story. Lindy was charged with Azaria’s murder and Michael was charged with assisting her but later received a suspended penalty with a 3 year