Alan Hall's brothers fronted the media after Alan's murder conviction was quashed in the Supreme Court in Wellington.
Video / Mark Mitchell
Alan Hall has joined a number of New Zealanders who have won battles against the Crown to clear their name of wrongful convictions through a miscarriage of justice.
More than $9 million has been paid out to those who were wrongly convicted and ordered to serve jail time, while several others continue their fight.
Hall had his murder conviction quashed by the Supreme Court in Wellington yesterday, with Justice Helen Winkelmann satisfied a substantial miscarriage of justice had occurred in his case.
He spent 19 years behind bars after being convicted of murdering Arthur Easton in his home in October 1985.
He and his family fought so long that his mother, Shirley, had to sell their family home to help pay the fees to overturn his conviction. She never got to see justice served to her son.
The Crown admitted there was a severe miscarriage of justice in Hall's case, and evidence used at trial to convict Hall was "materially altered" with key details omitted.
Teina Pora pictured in 2016 after he had his convictions quashed by the Privy Council. Photo / Michael Craig
Teina Pora received $3.5m for the 21 years he spent in prison for twice being convicted of the rape and murder of Susan Burdett in 1992.
But his conviction was quashed by the Privy Council in 2015 and the Government agreed to pay just over $2.5m in compensation after considering reports from retired High Court Judge Rodney Hansen QC.
Later, former Justice Minister Andrew Little added an inflation adjustment of $988,000 and $45,000 in legal costs for the judicial review of an earlier decision not to provide the inflation adjustment.
ARTHUR ALLAN THOMAS
Scott Watson's father, Chris (left) and Arthur Allan Thomas during a protest at Parliament in 2016. Photo / Mark Mitchell
In Arthur Allan Thomas' case, he was twice convicted for the infamous 1970 murders of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe, once in 1971 and again in 1973.
In December 1979 Thomas received a royal pardon and was released after nine years in prison.
He received almost $1m in compensation after it was determined by a Royal Commission of Inquiry that evidence against him had been planted by detectives.
DAVID BAIN
David Bain (centre) with Joe Karam (left), after being acquitted of murder in the High Court at Christchurch in May 2007. Photo / Brett Phibbs
David Bain was convicted of murdering his parents and three siblings in June 1994, serving 13 years in prison before the Privy Council quashed his convictions and he was acquitted in a retrial in 2009.
Bain was denied compensation for his time behind bars but the Government agreed to make an ex-gratia payment in the interests of bringing closure to the long-running claim.
Full and final payment of $925,000 was accepted by Bain's legal team.
In 2016, then Justice Minister Amy Adams stressed the payment was not compensation and had been offered solely to avoid further litigation and costs to the Crown.
MAUHA FAWCETT
Mauha Fawcett spent seven years in jail after being convicted of murdering Christchurch sex worker Mellory Manning in 2014. Photo / George Heard
Manning was picked up from her soliciting spot in the city's red-light Manchester St and driven to a nearby gang pad where she was raped, bashed, stabbed, and murdered before her body was dumped in the Avon River.
After a trial at the High Court in Christchurch in 2014, Fawcett was found guilty of being a party to her murder and was sentenced to at least 20 years in jail but was acquitted last year.
It's unclear if he has made a claim for compensation.
TYSON REDMAN
Tyson Redman was convicted of wounding and injuring in August 2007, and spent two and a half years in prison.
In December 2013, the Court of Appeal quashed his convictions and did not order a retrial.
Aaron Farmer was convicted of rape in 2005 and jailed for eight years.
After serving 2 years and 3 months of his sentence his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal and a retrial ordered - but it never went ahead.
Neroli Edwards (left) with her son Jaden Knight. Knight was wrongly convicted of arson with Phillip Johnston and jailed in 2004. They were cleared two years later.
Further DNA testing excluded him as being the donor of the male DNA taken from the complainant.
The defence was unaware of the retraction and he was convicted and jailed in 1995.
The Court of Appeal quashed M's conviction in 1996 without ordering a retrial and M successfully applied for compensation in 1998.
EX AIR FORCE MEMBER 'F'
F was a member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and in a desperate mental and emotional state when he came into possession of a small explosive device while on base.
F approached a chaplain for help and said that he "wanted to kill the warrant officer" and mentioned the explosive device he had. He was referred to a psychologist for assessment and treatment.
A charge of threatening to kill was laid and he was dismissed from the RNZAF and sentenced at court-martial to 90 days in prison, of which he served 29 days.
He was granted $100,000 for the time he spent behind bars.
FIGHTING ON
GAIL MANEY, STEPHEN STONE AND MARK HENRIKSEN
Gail Maney was sentenced to life in prison in 2000 for the murder of Deane Fuller-Sandys who went missing in August 1989, after setting off to go fishing at Whatipu, a rough surf beach in West Auckland.
His body has never been recovered.
The Crown argued that Maney had asked Stephen Stone to murder Fuller-Sandys because she was angry he had stolen a small quantity of drugs and a leather jacket from her flat in Larnoch Rd, Henderson.
Gail Maney is on parole after serving 15 years for the murder of Dean Fuller-Sandys.
Mark William Henriksen, aged 33, was convicted of helping to get rid of Fuller-Sandys' body to avoid Stephen Stone being arrested for the killing.
Maney was released on parole in 2020 after serving 15 years behind bars.
Stone's legal team, together with help from private investigator Tim McKinnel, is now working on appeals on all three convictions, together with Henriksen.
SCOTT WATSON
Scott Watson pictured in 2015. He continues his fight to clear his name. Photo / Pool
Scott Watson is currently preparing his last chance to overturn his murder conviction of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope in the Marlborough Sounds on New Year's Eve 1998.
The Court of Appeal last month ruled he can challenge crucial eyewitness evidence that placed him with the pair in the Sounds on the night they disappeared.
The former Picton boatbuilder is now aged 50 and has so far spent 24 years behind bars, having maintained his innocence throughout and been denied parole four times.
