Sandeson, 28, is currently serving a life sentence with no parole eligibility for 25 years after being found guilty of killing Taylor Samson in August 2015.

The adoptive parents of a young baby found themselves caught in a "judge-made vortex of uncertainty and delay" that stalled the adoption for almost a year at great expense and anxiety to the family.

Nova Scotia's highest court has denied an intellectually disabled couple custody of their children, saying a lower court was wrong to prioritize the parents' rights over their kids.