By Neil Reid
In September 2002, Daniel Luff was sentenced to a 17-year minimum non-parole period for the murder of 39-year-old detective constable Duncan Taylor - the father of an 11-month-old boy - and the attempted murder of detective Jeanette Park.
Luff was just 17 when he shot the officers at a rural Awahuri property, 12km from Palmerston North.
Now 30, Luff has become a high-achieving student, winning a Massey University "Outstanding Achiever's Award" and has written a research paper with Canterbury University academic Greg Newbold.
Luff is expected to complete a psychology BA with honours this year.
He wants to do a doctorate and then seek an academic career upon his eventual release from prison....
