Murder Conviction

• N.B. men won’t face retrial after decades-old murder convictions quashed

  Two New Brunswick men whose 1984 murder convictions were recently overturned by the federal justice minister have been formally declared not guilty.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2024
  
• Conviction for murder 10-year-old Toronto girl in 1989 sent back to court of appeal

  Innocence Canada says a man convicted of the murder of a 10-year-old Toronto girl more than three decades ago will have his chance at appeal.

  Crime

  Aug 10, 2023
  
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• Federal justice minister orders appeal for Manitoba man in murder case

  Federal Justice Minister David Lametti has referred the case of Robert Sanderson to the Manitoba Court of Appeal.

  Crime

  Feb 13, 2023
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• ‘Shouldn’t be sitting here another day’: Bail hearing held for Sask. sisters in jail since 1994

  Nerissa and Odelia Quewezance, who were convicted of murder in 1994, will hear their fate on the final day of a bail hearing at a Yorkton, Sask., courthouse.

  Canada

  Jan 18, 2023
• Husband of Brampton woman killed in 2006 found guilty of second degree murder

  A jury deliberated for only around 30 minutes at a Brampton courthouse on Friday, before convicting Henry Morales in the murder of his wife Malena Morales.

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2022
• Man convicted of murder in deaths of Toronto rapper Smoke Dawg, brand manager Kobra Prime

  In an email to Global News, attorney Dirk Derstine confirmed his client, Abdulkadir Handule, was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder on Thursday.

  Crime

  Feb 24, 2022
• ‘I just want to go home’: Canadian sisters fight for freedom after 1994 murder conviction

  There is growing widespread support for two sisters desperate for freedom. The Indigenous women were convicted of second-degree murder and sent to prison almost three decades ago.

  Crime

  May 24, 2021
• Crown seeks Supreme Court of Canada appeal of William Sandeson murder conviction

  Sandeson was found guilty of first-degree murder in June 2017 in connection with the death of 22-year-old Taylor Samson.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2020
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• Ontario man tried 4 times in 1981 murder appeals conviction, seeks stay

  Badgerow was tried a fourth time in 2016, this time including the 911 call evidence, and found guilty of first-degree murder.

  Crime

  Mar 27, 2019
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• Jason Klaus files appeal after being found guilty of family’s murders

  An Alberta man found guilty earlier this year in the murders of his parents and sister is appealing his conviction and sentence.

  Crime

  Mar 2, 2018