WINNIPEG — 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.
Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse were sentenced to life in prison when they were teens for the killing of Ting Fong Chan, who was stabbed near a Winnipeg construction site in 1973.The men filed separate statements of claim this week naming the Manitoba government, the Attorney General of Canada and the City of Winnipeg.The province and city said they would not comment on a matter before the courts. The federal government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The two men, who are from Pinaymootang First Nation north of Winnipeg, attempted to appeal their convictions to higher courts but were denied. "Anderson signed a piece of paper on the demand of . He did not knowingly sign a confession as was alleged," the document says. Two other men were also convicted in Chan's death. Clarence Woodhouse was granted bail last year, pending a decision from the federal justice minister to quash his conviction. Russell Woodhouse was convicted of manslaughter. He died in 2011.
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