BLG pro bono team scores record win in wrongful conviction
A wrongfully convicted Quebec man granted what’s believed to be the largest civil award in Canada for such cases is full of praise for the pro bono team that represented him for the last three...
View ArticlePhillion given OK to sue police and Crown
Romeo Phillion, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 31 years, has been allowed to pursue a civil action against police and the Crown.The Ontario Court of Appeal allowed Phillion’s appeal yesterday,...
View ArticleMiscarriage of justice applications on the decline
A year-over-year comparison of the number of applications for possible miscarriages of justice reveals a sharp decline in submissions, investigations, and decisions by the minister of Justice, with...
View ArticleSCC dismisses appeal of exonerated convict, finds no abuse of process
The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision today in the Réjean Hinse case, although disappointing, does include “a slight progression of the law in favour of the wrongly convicted,” says a lawyer for the...
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