Wrongful Conviction

• N.S. attorney general wants answers after innocent man serves 18 months in prison

  Nova Scotia's attorney general says he wants answers after an innocent man spent 18 months in prison because investigators mixed up an online username.

  Canada

  Aug 6
  
• Judge grants bail to Quebec man as 1994 murder conviction under review

  Daniel Jolivet's case is being examined by a federal panel for a possible miscarriage of justice.

  Crime

  Dec 19, 2025
  
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• Wrongfully convicted N.B. man hopes promised police review comes this month

  The New Brunswick man is hoping to get his hands on a copy of the external review commissioned by the Saint John, N.B., police chief into the force's handling of his case.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2025
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• ‘It’s the best week’: 16 years after wrongful conviction, Minnesota man walks free

  Edgar Barrientos-Quintana never gave up hope that justice would be served, although he was never sure when his freedom would come.

  U.S. News

  Nov 14, 2024
• Montreal law students convince federal justice minister to review two convictions

  Project Innocence Quebec is an initiative of Lida Sara Nouraie, who began the effort in 2002 as a student. She was named as a judge to the Quebec court last November.

  Canada

  Jul 19, 2024
• First Nations men wrongfully convicted in Manitoba file lawsuits claiming racism

  Two First Nations men wrongfully convicted of murdering a restaurant worker are suing three levels of government saying their imprisonment was the result of racial discrimination. 

  Trending

  Apr 5, 2024
• N.B. government in compensation talk with lawyers for two wrongfully convicted men

  Mailman, 76, and Gillespie, 80, were acquitted on Jan. 4 by New Brunswick Court of King's Bench Chief Justice Tracey DeWare, who said the justice system had failed the men.

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2024
• Why lawyers say alleged police wrongdoing in the Glen Assoun case can’t be forgotten

  A defence lawyer says the push to restart a criminal investigation into police destruction of evidence in the Glen Assoun wrongful conviction case could set a precedent.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2024
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• Police chief in N.B. orders review of force’s involvement in wrongful murder conviction

  Walter Gillespie, 80, and Robert Mailman, 43, were convicted in the Nov. 30, 1983, killing of George Gilman Leeman. They were formally acquitted this month.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2024
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• Loss and freedom intertwined for two New Brunswick men cleared of 1983 murder

  It has been one week since a judge in New Brunswick cleared Walter Gillespie and Robert Mailman of murder charges that hung over them for decades.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2024