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2003-0430 - Timaru Herald - How
much is enough?
Editorial
- The three Auckland girls who spent seven months in prison for a crime they did
not commit are not happy with a Government compensation offer. Their lawyer
Gary Gotlieb describes it as woefully inadequate. We've not been told what
the offer is or what the trio expect, although Mr Gotlieb has mentioned
hundreds of thousands of dollars and also that the $1 million granted Arthur
Allan Thomas was "to some degree" the benchmark
2003-0429 - Dominion Post -
Freed girls may sue for compo
by
Martin Kay - Three teenage girls who spent seven months in jail for a crime
they did not commit may sue the Government over its "woefully
inadequate" compensation offer. Their lawyer, Gary Gotlieb, said the
offer was a fraction of what he believed his clients deserved. "When you
compare it with previous payments, it's just not enough. Woefully inadequate
is the term I would use." He
would not say how much was offered, but the formula for calculating
compensation suggests it could be less than $100,000 each
Phil Goff, Minister of Justice
Government offer of compensation for wrongful imprisonment as a result of an
inept police investigation described as "woefully inadequate".
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