Granting David Bain millions of dollars in compensation would be a "difficult sell" for the Government, a University of Canterbury law professor says.
The Government has ordered a second opinion on the case, this time from New Zealand's foremost specialist, Robert Fisher QC, after a retired Canadian judge concluded Mr Bain was innocent and should be compensated.
Chris Gallavin from the University of Canterbury's law school told Radio New Zealand today that compensation was a difficult issue for the Government, given the polarising nature of the case.
"For many people the thought of David Bain getting compensation - for something that rightly or wrongly many people in New Zealand believe that he may have got away with murder - is going to be quite a difficult sell I think for the Government.
"We're going to have every amateur sleuth and investigator in the country poring over the report to see if they can chink some of the armour."
