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Well then! What about David Bain? Twelve years of battling have seen Bain's murder convictions quashed and his main supporter Joe Karam, the man responsible for getting Bain's case to the Privy Council, is betting the Crown won't be ordering a retrial.
This has been an extraordinary case right from the start. Young David says he returned from a paper run to find his family - his mum, dad, two sisters and brother - dead. A message on the computer says that he, David, was the only one worthy of living.
David maintains his father was responsible for shooting his family before turning the gun on himself; the Crown says it was David who pulled the trigger.
Both sides have maintained their positions throughout the past 13 years. The case has been to the High Court, to the Appeal Court, and then to the Privy Council and there's no doubt that, without Karam's backing, both emotional and financial, David Bain would have continued to be known as one of New Zealand's worst murderers.
I don't know who's right in this one - our judicial system, or five law lords in Britain. God knows, there were people willing to convict Bain on his colourful jerseys and the paper run alone, but Karam and his team have clearly raised enough questions, both on evidence presented and evidence withheld, to have the Privy Council declare Bain's convictions unsound.
This case raises far more questions than it answers - is our judicial system up to scratch? Can the tangled web of the system be picked apart and started anew if it appears that a mistake has been made?
And is justice only to be afforded to the wealthy or those with wealthy friends?
