Presented by Brian Edwards, this two-part documentary explores a case that rattled the faith of New Zealanders in their police and legal system. Pukekawa farmer Arthur Allan Thomas was twice convicted of the murders of Jeanette and Harvey Crewe, before receiving a royal pardon in 1979. Thomas' ex wife Vivien and his supporters discuss their grassroots campaign to overturn his convictions, while journalist Pat Booth offers his view of who killed the Crewes. Ex Prime Minister David Lange sees Robert Muldoon's decision to pardon Thomas as the action of a man who "knew the provincial pulse pretty well".
Something like a moan went up...it was a cry of disbelief and pain and anger, all rolled into one.– Journalist Pat Booth on the extraordinary scenes in court after Arthur Allan Thomas was convicted of murder a second time
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