Wrongful Conviction

• ‘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
  
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• 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. 

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  Apr 5, 2024
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• New Brunswick judge apologizes to men for ‘miscarriage of justice’

  The chief justice of New Brunswick's Court of King's Bench is apologizing to two men who served lengthy prison sentences for a murder they didn't commit.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2024
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• Glen Assoun’s daughter says probe of his wrongful conviction must become a priority

  The daughter of a wrongfully convicted Nova Scotia man says that even in death her father is being denied justice. She's demanding an investigation of his case.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2023
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• Black man wrongfully jailed for 16 years killed by police during traffic stop

  A sheriff's deputy in Georgia shot and killed Leonard Allen Cure, 53, for not complying during a traffic stop.

  U.S. News

  Oct 18, 2023