Alan Hall miscarriage of justice: 2 ex
Two former police officers are on trial in New Zealand for perverting the course of justice in the 1986 murder conviction of Alan Hall. Hall was exonerated in 2022 after spending 17 years in prison, with the Supreme Court citing a deliberate strategy to secure a wrongful conviction.
Why it matters
This case represents a significant reckoning for the New Zealand justice system and highlights the consequences of police misconduct in historical criminal cases.
When 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”.
The article provides a factual account of court proceedings and historical context.
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