$2 million for 21 years
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<p>That's just weird.<strong> I call my missus bro</strong>. She's a she, and English. Shock huh</p>
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<p>Is this you admiting you are from Canterbury?</p> -
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<p>That's just weird. I call my missus bro. She's a she, and English. Shock huh</p>
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<p>I call mine far worse but she's Maori and often doesn't hear cos it's noisy in the kitchen when she's cooking my eggs.</p> -
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<p>That's just weird. I call my missus bro. She's a she, and English. Shock huh</p>
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<p>Well I'm better, I call mine black bitch</p>
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<p>How dare thee. <strong>Eastbourne</strong>, bitch.</p>
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<p>I thought evidence had pretty much concluded Malcolm Rewa did it?</p>
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<p>That's what I can't understand - that Rewa had two trials and a jury couldn't come to a satisfactory conclusion, and that Pora had his conviction set aside.</p>
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<p>And fuck $2mil for 21 years. He should get $21m+</p>
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<p>If he's innocent, I agree.</p> -
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<p>I'll colour you the right colour to enter the borough.</p>
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<p>They were singing songs about you in the clubrooms, brought tears to my eyes</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Mokey" data-cid="588005" data-time="1465933529"><p>Agreed. 21 years in prison! That whole case was a giant clusterfuck (multiple changing of 'confession', no DNA or physical evidence to support), and that it has taken this long to right the terrible wrong is appalling. I just hope he has some really robust support around him (obviously not certain fuckwit relatives) and gets given time to readjust without outside pressures.<br> <br>Edit: this article gives a good overview.<br> <br><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/81072784/teina-pora-the-true-cost-of-injustice'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/81072784/teina-pora-the-true-cost-of-injustice</a></p></blockquote> <br>That's much better thanks Mokey.<br><br>The $2 million is hardly adequate. Not only should he be compensated for such an appalling miscarriage, what prospect does he have to earn a wage he can save and retire on in his remaining years?
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That's much better thanks Mokey.<br><br>
The $2 million is hardly adequate. Not only should he be compensated for such an appalling miscarriage, what prospect does he have to earn a wage he can save and retire on in his remaining years?</p>
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Was 17 when put away...I don't expect his career prospects would be high anyway now, which makes a salary option far better for him. <br><br>
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<p>I've only got a limited amount of sympathy for Teina Pora who was, somewhat, the architect of his own demise. Scamming a police reward - not a bright idea!</p>
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<p><strong>I've only got a limited amount of sympathy for Teina Pora who was, somewhat, the architect of his own demise. Scamming a police reward - not a bright idea!</strong></p>
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<p>Arthur Allan Thomas was pretty much guilty only of taking Jeanette Crewe on a date many years previously and being too helpful to some crooked police.</p>
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<p>Oh my god. Seriously? He was 17 years old, dirt poor, with the mental age of someone much younger due to Alcohol Fetal Syndrome. He had a toddler daughter who he was attempting to do the right thing by. Teenagers are pretty damn clueless to start with, but this guy had no chance.</p>
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<p>The police should have told him to get on his bike and piss off cos he was wasting their time. Instead they stole <strong>21 years</strong> of his life with a false conviction based on NO evidence.</p> -
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<p>The police should have told him to get on his bike and piss off cos he was wasting their time. Instead they stole <strong>21 years</strong> of his life with a false conviction based on NO evidence.</p>
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<p>It wasn't the police who convicted him.</p>
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<p>I don't know why people are mentioning the police, it's not like they had anything to do with securing an unsafe conviction based on the statement he provided to them.</p> -
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<p>I don't know why people are mentioning the police, it's not like they had anything to do with securing an unsafe conviction based on the statement he provided to them.</p>
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<p>Yes - he also had lawyers and two trials - and was the one making the statement.</p>
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<p>It is tough luck that he had such shit parents, but it's hard to make the case that he was torn from the path of the righteous. Convicted for a crime he didn't commit, but by all accounts committed plenty of crimes that he wasn't convicted for.</p>
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<p>He was a ratbag who I have limited sympathy for.</p>
