John Button (campaigner)

John Button (campaigner)

John Button, born in Liverpool, England on 9 February 1944, is a Western Australian who was the victim of a significant miscarriage of justice. Button was wrongfully convicted of the manslaughter, by vehicle impact, of his girlfriend, Rosemary Anderson, in 1963.

Read more about John Button (campaigner):  History, Vindication

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