Kangaroo Justice and the Death of Mike Hall - Ryan, Heath
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At a time when justice not only needs to be done but also needs to be seen to be done, Kangaroo Justice and the Death of Mike Hall: An Australian Miscarriage of Justice asks some difficult questions that deserve to be heard and answered. On 31 March 2017 British ultra-endurance cyclist Mike Hall was struck and killed in Australia while riding his bicycle towards Canberra. At the inquest into his death, Mike was portrayed as not being conspicuous enough to motorists. Yet his reflective clothing was not retained by police, and other physical evidence was inexplicably sent back to the family. The…mehr

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At a time when justice not only needs to be done but also needs to be seen to be done, Kangaroo Justice and the Death of Mike Hall: An Australian Miscarriage of Justice asks some difficult questions that deserve to be heard and answered. On 31 March 2017 British ultra-endurance cyclist Mike Hall was struck and killed in Australia while riding his bicycle towards Canberra. At the inquest into his death, Mike was portrayed as not being conspicuous enough to motorists. Yet his reflective clothing was not retained by police, and other physical evidence was inexplicably sent back to the family. The driver was never charged even though he was speeding, with headlights that he stated could only project two metres and brakes that worked intermittently. Meanwhile the driver's blood toxicology results were not presented to the Coroner until the eleventh hour, and have been kept from scrutiny - until now. Kangaroo Justice and the Death of Mike Hall: An Australian Miscarriage of Justice is not an easy read. It recounts the avoidable death of Mike Hall in Australia, and the flawed investigation and coronial inquest that followed. This book may anger you and it may frustrate you, and perhaps it will move you to tears. But if it also motivates you to speak out, or speak up, then we have done right by Mike.
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Heath Ryan is a publisher and writer, and holds a BA in Economics and History from the University of Toronto. Born in Canada, Heath lived and worked in Jordan, France and the United Kingdom before moving to Australia and becoming a publisher, writing and cycling advocate.Heath is also an ultra-endurance cyclist. Riding as The Dark Knight he was in twentieth position in the 2017 Indian Pacific Wheel Race from Fremantle to Sydney on the day Mike Hall was killed. Since then Heath has competed in and completed three additional ultra-endurance cycling events, setting the fastest unsupported time between Perth and Sydney in March 2018, finishing nineteenth in the Trans Am Bike Race in June 2018 when John Egbers was hit, and placing sixty-ninth in the Transcontinental Race in August of that same year. As the only endurance cyclist to cross three continents, in race mode, in a single calendar year, Heath light-heartedly refers to himself as "the first and only holder of the ultra-endurance triple crown".Heath's current focus is investigative journalism, books that examine social justice, stories that celebrate human achievement, and articles, minimals and other writings that observe and comment on society and behaviour.