The federal government says there are reasonable grounds to believe a miscarriage of justice occurred in the case of a Quebec man who was convicted of four murders in 1994.
A letter dated Oct. 23 says the Justice Department’s criminal conviction review group will investigate the case of Daniel Jolivet.
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A lawyer for Jolivet asked Justice Minister Sean Fraser to reopen the case after the provincial Crown prosecutor’s office concluded a miscarriage of justice may have occurred.
Jolivet was convicted of the November 1992 shooting deaths of two men and two women in Brossard, Que.
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But the evidence at trial hinged largely on the testimony of an informant, and Jolivet has always maintained his innocence.
His lawyer, Nicholas St-Jacques, says he will now apply to Quebec Superior Court for the interim release of his client.
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