Teina Pora may challenge $2.5 million compensation offer from GovernmentChris Skelton/FAIRFAX NZ Prime Minister John Key talks about the Teina Pora compensationTeina Pora's legal team may challenge a $2.5 million compensation offer from the Government after he spent 21 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Stuff.co.nz How did Teina Pora, a 17-year-old with the mind of a 9-year-old, end up in prison for a crime he never committed? On Wednesday, the Government announced a compensation offer and formally apologised to Pora, after his conviction was quashed in March last year. LAWRENCE SMITH/FAIRFAX NZ Teina Pora's legal team have said they will not be pushed into accepting the Government's compensation offer immediately. "It is important to note that the compensation offer is not in any way time bound," she said.

Source: Stuff June 16, 2016 02:35 UTC