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Article content The spouse of the Nova Scotia spree killer Gabriel Wortman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she supplied ammunition used in the 22 murders and related violence that began in Portapique, N.S., a year ago. A lawyer for Lisa Banfield, 52, entered the plea Wednesday morning by phone appearance in Nova Scotia court before Judge Theodore Tax. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or N.S. mass murderers spouse pleads not guilty to supplyin...

Ruth van Vierzen, David Milgaard advocating for independent review board Author of the article: Michael Lee Publishing date: Apr 09, 2021  •  3 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Ruth van Vierzen, pictured at her home in North Bay. She is part of a working group that has advocated in recent years for the creation of an independent review board so those wrongfully convicted of crimes, such as group member David Milgaard, can have their applications reviewed faster. Michael Lee/Th...

A former Quebec judge convicted of first-degree murder in 2012 in the death of his wife will get a new trial, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. Former Quebec judge Jacques Delisle, left, walks into court on Thursday, June 14, 2012 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot A former Quebec judge convicted of first-degree murder in 2012 in the death of his wife will get a new trial, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti decided it is...

April 21, 2014 | G-BLOG THE JUICE WITH JEM Rubin “The Hurricane” Carter who was convicted and imprisoned for nearly 20 years for a triple murder charge he didn’t commit, died at his home in Toronto at the age of 76.   Carter, a professional middleweight boxer from New Jersey with a swift left hook and a troubled past, was convicted back in 1967 by an all-white jury at the age of 29, (despite a lack of evidence) after a bartender and two customers were shot dead one night at the Lafa...

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is poised to consult Canadians on how to go about creating an independent commission to review possible wrongful convictions for criminal offences.The coming move will. . .

According to thechallengernews.com, Back in 1976, John Walker Jr., Darryl Boyd, Darryn Gibson, Floyd Martin and, TyroneWoodruff, were convicted of the robbery and murder of William Crawford an elderly man who was leaving The Golden Nugget Bar and Lounge, on Filmore ave, in Buffalo New York. Although the crime scene photographic evidence supported the fact that there was one lone assailant, and not five. There was never any DNA evidence recovered or presented to the courts at the time of the tr...