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Court Debates Suspect’s Ethnicity in 1985 Arthur Easton Murder Case

Court Debates Suspect’s Ethnicity in 1985 Arthur Easton Murder Case

New Zealand’s High Court heard arguments over the ethnicity of a key suspect in the 1985 killing of Arthur Easton. The case follows the wrongful conviction of Pākehā man Alan Hall, who served 17 years after witness accounts about a Māori suspect were omitted.

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Arthur Easton murder: Ethnicity of suspect debated in High Court