Over the past century in New Zealand, a series of social upheavals - as well as the abolishment of the death penalty in 1961 - have transformed public attitudes to the way killers are punished
Individuals share their experiences of murder in the 1950s as part of a wider investigation into six separate murder cases, in each of which extenuating circumstances affect conviction and sentencing
The price of justice is weighed through an examination of the toll a murder takes on families, the penalties murderers must face, and the cost to the taxpayer.