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A Manitoba man convicted of murder 50 years ago is getting another court date and a chance to clear his name. Clarence Woodhouse was found guilty in 1974 of fatally beating and stabbing a restaurant worker in downtown Winnipeg. Woodhouse was granted parole in 1983 and filed last year for a ministerial …
Read More »Saskatchewan Court of Appeal overturns conviction for man who responded to overdose
Saskatchewan’s top court has overturned the conviction of a man sent to jail for weapons possession after it found his rights were violated under a federal law that prevents someone from being arrested for drug possession while reporting an overdose. Paul Wilson was sentenced to eight years in jail after …
Read More »Conviction for murder 10-year-old Toronto girl in 1989 sent back to court of appeal – Toronto
Innocence Canada says Tim Rees, a man convicted of the murder of a 10-year-old Toronto girl more than three decades ago, will have his case reviewed by Ontario’s highest court. On March 16, 1989, Darla Thurott was strangled to death in her bed at her Etobicoke home. She was found …
Read More »Nova Scotia man who served 16 years after wrongful conviction dead at 67
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 15, 2023 1:55 pm Updated June 15, 2023 2:02 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size A lawyer for Glen Assoun, the Nova Scotia man who served 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend, …
Read More »For second time, William Sandeson appeals conviction in Taylor Samson murder
Descrease article font size Increase article font size William Sandeson is appealing his murder conviction and sentence in the 2015 killing of Taylor Samson. Sandeson was found guilty of second-degree murder in February. During the trial, he had claimed he killed Samson in self-defence during a cannabis deal on the …
Read More »Supreme Court of Canada restores murder conviction for B.C. man who killed exchange student
The country’s highest court has restored a second-degree murder conviction for the man who killed a Japanese exchange student and stuffed her body into a suitcase in Vancouver more than seven years ago. The decision marked a victory for Crown prosecutors in B.C., who had appealed a lower-court decision that overturned William …
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