Craig KapitanSenior Multimedia Journalist·NZ Herald·29 Jun, 2026 06:05 AM4 mins to readAlan Hall was wrongfully convicted of murder and received a record $4.9 million in compensation and an apology after spending more than 18 years in prison.
Video / NZ HeraldWhen the New Zealand Supreme Court exonerated Alan Hall 36 years after his 1986 murder conviction, the judicial panel issued a blistering decision noting that the miscarriage of justice came about as a result of either “extreme incompetence or a deliberate and wrongful strategy to secure a conviction”.
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