Former police officers on trial for wrongful conviction of Alan Hall
The two officers are charged with perverting the course of justice in one of New Zealand’s most high profile wrongful convictions.
29 June 2026
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Pete Buttigieg recalls ‘darkest hours’ after separation from children over hoax CPS report
Pete Buttigieg says an anonymous report — which police found meritless — led Child Protective Services to separate him from his twins for 24 hours.
27 June 2026
Institutional Cowardice: Grooming Gangs and False Allegations
Patrick O'Loan draws a parallel between the grooming gang scandal and the handling of false allegations: in both, institutions feared activist backlash more than injustice.
27 May 2026
PROOF magazine: Ghosts in the System
Filmmakers Fran Robertson and Jemma Gander report from Joe Outlaw's trial, where a jury heard the indefinite IPP sentence itself put on trial.
8 May 2026
Actor Timothy Busfield told detective allegations of child sex abuse were 'disgusting,' audio shows
Newly released body-camera audio captures actor Timothy Busfield denying child sex-abuse allegations to an Albuquerque detective, as his attorney calls the recording 'completely exculpatory.'
16 April 2026
Craig McLachlan under siege
Bettina Arndt on the continuing campaign against Craig McLachlan after he was found not guilty of 13 charges.
9 April 2026
Easter Story: The Wrongful Conviction That Changed the World
An Easter essay on Australian theologian Barbara Thiering's Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship and her naturalistic reconstruction of the crucifixion.
2 April 2026
Shamed Scottish Judges
Bettina Arndt on Scottish judges and the push to tilt justice systems toward accusers at the expense of fair trials.
19 February 2026
The Epstein scandal has morphed into a moral panic
Brendan O'Neill argues the Epstein scandal has morphed into a moral panic, cancelling men for the flimsiest of connections.
6 February 2026
Lawyers of man convicted of Stephen Carroll murder refer PSNI surveillance to miscarriage of justice body
Brendan McConville’s solicitors have referred his case to the CCRC after a review confirmed the PSNI obtained their communications data ahead of his 2013 appeal.
21 October 2025