Barlow could be out by Christmas
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A decision on whether convicted double-murderer John Barlow could be pardoned will be made before Christmas. Justice Minister Annette King is considering legal advice on whether Barlow's case should be referred to the Court of Appeal for a full pardon.
If the appeal is refused, Barlow's lawyer, Greg King, will take the case before the Law Lords of the Privy Council in London.
"Either way, it will be won, I can tell you that," Greg King said.
After two hung trials, Barlow was convicted of the execution-style shootings of Wellington businessman Eugene Thomas and son Gene in 1994 after new evidence was given by an FBI ballistics expert at a third trial.
The expert provided forensic evidence using lead-content tests to match crime-scene bullets with those in a box belonging to Barlow.
However, the forensics used to convict him have since been discredited worldwide for providing a high number of false matches, and the FBI has stopped bullet-testing.
King applied for a royal pardon, which was rejected by the Justice Ministry in October last year. A review of that decision by Minister King is expected soon.
If the previous decision is overturned, the Governor-General would send the Barlow case back to Court of Appeal for another hearing. "If they don't, the Privy Council is the only option. I'll tell you this: it will be won," Greg King said.
The new evidence from the FBI was the difference in getting the conviction after two hung juries, said King. "The jury were misled by science which told them there was a link between the bullets and Barlow. No such link could possibly be established."
More than $570,000 of taxpayers' money has already been spent on legal aid for Barlow - the third-highest total in New Zealand history.
King said it would be inappropriate to comment.
Became the focus of attention in the health reform program nine expert advice on integration, started in a greater scope for comment.
The new medical reform program will be introduced this year, Liu Wei ZXS for the
October 17-18, the State Development and Reform Commission held the lead in Nanchang, Jiangxi province code-named 1017 Medical Reform Forum, the South 16 provinces and autonomous regions, deputy director provinces (municipalities) long, SDRC, health, finance-related head, nearly 100 people attended the meeting. In addition, Tianjin also held a forum northern Region regions, and municipalities.
It is learned that this forum a very low key, with 1017 as the name. National Development and Reform Commission Zhang Mao, deputy director of the Ministry of Health and Minister Chen Zhu, vice minister Gao Qiang, and others attended the meeting to listen to grass-roots departments responsible for the people s views.
The meeting participants discussed the issue of health reform program text, nine major fusion expert advice on the content of specific content, including an overall objective, the eight four main principles and the direction of reform.
An overall objective: to 2020 establishment of a cover all urban and rural residents in China s basic health services system. Four principle that public health and medical insurance, hospital management, and basic health services. Eight main direction of reform, including medical management, operation, investment, management and technology professionals, information, and so on.
At this meeting, many health department (bureau) chiefs have called for the strengthening of public finances for medical inputs, increase public health, community health efforts to tilt the funds, and increase control of public hospitals.
An audience that some public hospitals relatively high efficiency, waste of resources exist, should be appropriately controlled, and some can be properly restructured.
Prior to the community for the proposed hospital management thermal pilot of the separation mode at this meeting have different voices.n
There is a certain degree of difficulty, we should do is the integration.
For the integration of the various versions of the draft experts, a higher overall assessment of the parties. Also industry sources, the operational details still need to give further consideration to the specific situation around, After all, China is a large country and engage across the board.
The convening of the 31 provinces and autonomous regions for the relevant departments jointly participate in the forum, highlighted the vital interests of all the people concerned in the major policies are brainstorming.
It is understood that the State Development and Reform Commission and other departments will also hold another large-scale substantive departments and experts to take part in the forum, for health reform program to solicit their opinions. During the forum, Chen Zhu went to the Nam Cheong Station Community Health Service has been conducting an investigation, and its prevention spoke highly of the medical awareness.
In fact, the medical reform is difficult or financing. A medical profession said that at present the United States every year of medical input over 7,000 billion dollars, accounting for its GDP 14% to 15%, while China only about 5%.
We should increase government input. The claim that the government reduced inputs which greatly because of the medical service market results.n
Medical care and education, housing known as new three big mountains , which became plagued with the problems of ordinary people first class. 17 large medical report as one of six major livelihood issues, and specifically pointed out that in 2020 to establish a everyone to the enjoyment of basic health services, the goal of the system, and emphasized that the system should cover all urban and rural residents. Health Ministry officials in an interview also said that THRF s basic ideas and the overall framework has been established and will soon widely
Pan seek the views of all sectors of society.
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