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Court scenes show shocking injustice

When ‘The Remand of Ivan Curry’ concluded last night with the knowledge that a deaf man wrongly accused for murder and imprisoned for two years without trial was finally released with nothing – no apology nor any compensation – the indignation must have risen high in the throats of many viewers.

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Ivan Curry
Ivan Curry
Keith Hunter
Keith Hunter
Taonga source:
NZ Herald
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1992-014
Bibliographic source:
NZ Herald, 13 July 1992
Author:
Jill Graham
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