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Faruk Orman will sue the state of Victoria and will seek compensation after the conviction for the murder of the former client of "Lawyer X" and his release after 12 years of imprisonment.
"I've never committed a crime," Orman told ABC radio on Monday after his first weekend as a free man.
"If the state could give me all the gold in the world, it would never replace what I experienced."
Released Friday, Mr. Orman is the first but potentially the last client, linked to controversial defense lawyer and police informant Victoria, Nicola Gobbo – known as Lawyer X – at cancel a criminal conviction.
The killer Andrew "Benji" Veniamin, who had killed Victor Peirce in 2002, accused him of being the driver of the escape.
The prosecution case was based on the word of another client of Ms. Gobbo. Witness Q was represented by Ms. Gobbo at the same time as she acted on behalf of Mr. Orman.
Ms. Gobbo was held responsible for the "serious miscarriage of justice" that Mr. Orman behind bars had committed for a murder of the underworld that he had always denied.
"I've always been labeled a gangster, as if we're committing a crime, and if people think we're committing a crime, they should have given us a fair trial," he said.
"The reality is that we do not escape with a crime, there are people in prison who are innocent, we have nothing, we are at the mercy of the Attorney General (Jill Hennessy) … and luckily she was brave enough to make the decision she took. "
Mr. Orman said that although most of those affected have served their sentences with a fixed term of imprisonment, it would be advisable to give their case a chance to be heard again. .
"At the very least, give them a new trial, give them the equity that they should have had even if they were convicted, let them be found guilty fairly", a- he added.
A successful petition of grace drove Mr. Orman to the head of the appeals court of former X Lawyer clients, including some of Australia's biggest gangsters, such as drug lord Tony Mokbel.
Victoria Prime Minister Daniel Andrews said that compensation is a matter for the courts and that unfounded convictions should be put to the test.
"If a conviction is dangerous in one way or another, then you have to go and test it," he told reporters on Sunday.
A royal commission is investigating Ms. Gobbo's role as an informer for the Victoria Police and the investigation will resume Tuesday.
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