5.0
In Dark Places
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Teina Pora, a 17-year-old car thief, was wrongly convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Susan Burdett, who had been beaten to death with the softball bat she kept next to her bed for her own protectionTim McKinnel, en ex-cop turned private investigator, discovered the long forgotten case 18 years later, saw an injustice had been done and set out to win Teina's freedom. Reaching from the mean streets of South Auckland to the highest court in the Commonwealth, this is the story not just of Tim's quest, but also of how an innocent man who was left rotting in a prison cell for two decades found the inner strength to rise above the dark places to which he had been condemned.
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Miz
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“What an amazing story and one that has to be read to be believed. If you don,t think false confessions happen - especially not in our backyard - I urge you to read this book. It's our very own Innocent Project at work, and it's an amazing story about a 17-year-old who falsely confessed to a murder and rape of a woman, was found guilty twice (even when DNA evidence contradicted his already-contridictory-statements).”

Lisa Gray
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“True crime is not my thing; but I’m doing a book challenge requiring a book set in New Zealand and this book had great reviews. I absolutely loved this story about Teina Pora, a young Māori youth accused of a crime he didn’t commit.”
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