QUEBEC – A retired Quebec judge convicted of first-degree murder will try next month to be freed from prison while the Federal Justice Department has another look at his case.
READ MORE: Jacques Delisle: Canada’s Justice Minister to review murder conviction of Quebec judge
A bail hearing for Jacques Delisle will be held in Quebec City on October 18 and 19.
The Crown has said it will oppose the release of Delisle, who is 81.
He was found guilty of first-degree murder in 2012 in the slaying of his wife, Nicole Rainville, in November 2009.
READ MORE: Former Quebec judge convicted of killing his wife says he helped her commit suicide
Delisle is the only Canadian judge ever convicted of first-degree murder.
In 2015, Delisle said in a televised jailhouse interview he’d helped Rainville take her own life by leaving a loaded gun for her to use and denied killing her.
Comments