A domestic violence victim who spent a year on home detention after being wrongfully convicted for perjury will not receive compensation, Justice Minister Kris Faafoi says. Mrs P’s lawyer Elizabeth Hall told Stuff she believes her client deserves compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment. When the Cabinet Guidelines for Wrongful Conviction and Imprisonment were updated last year, Little said people on home detention would remain ineligible for compensation. ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff Former Justice Minister Andrew Little said the threshold for a wrongful conviction payment was imprisonment. “It makes no sense if you’re compensating for a wrongful conviction,” he said.

Source: Stuff April 16, 2021 00:22 UTC