26 May 2023

Lawyers, family react as Crown Law cleared in Alan Hall case

From Checkpoint, 5:12 pm on 26 May 2023

"Nothing to do with us." That was the conclusion of Crown Law staff after "a cursory glance" at new evidence strongly suggesting Alan Hall was innocent.

Hall had his conviction for the 1985 murder of Arthur Easton quashed by the Supreme Court last year, after already spending nearly two decades behind bars.

Yet an independent report has cleared Crown lawyers of wrongdoing in failing to act five years ago.

Ruth Hill reports.