The story of Alan Hall is remarkable.
In total, he spent 28 years in a New Zealand prison for a murder he didn’t commit.
There are two separate inquiries into this case across the ditch, digging into what went wrong. Clearly, there are police who could have done their jobs better, and this is something which will unfold.
Behind the scenes, he had a committed family who believed in his innocence.
Some of them were in New Zealand. However, one of the six family members fighting the cause was brother Robert Hall who is a school teacher living at Cedar Vale.
He’s spent much of his hard-earned, paying lawyers and investigators to find a way to overturn 36 years of the most crude injustice.
He’s spent countless hours going through evidence, speaking to those who might know something that would lead to his autistic brother being released.
Last month, the courts overturned the decision. An innocent man was freed. Mr Hall and his family have breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
Victory might be sweet. But nothing can undo the damage caused by a dirty system.
