Delayed in a filibuster led by Pierre Poilievre in December, the legislation proposed in the hopes of improving Canada’s ability to root out wrongful convictions is expected to reach the Senate in the coming months.
, the legislation proposed in the hopes of improving Canada’s ability to root out wrongful convictions is expected to reach the Senate in the coming months., seeks to expedite the process of reviewing wrongful conviction claims by rerouting the responsibilities away from the Ministry of Justice to an independent committee.Twenty-seven years later, after Toronto lawyer James Lockyer took on the case under the organization Innocence Canada, Milgaard was exonerated.
After 30 hours of tactics, the filibuster came to a close, but the day’s events would stall the progress of the proposed legislation by nearly a month – it didn’t clear the review stage until Feb. 7 when it was reported back to the House with amendments.are screened and investigated by the Criminal Conviction Review Group, which then submits its findings to the Minister of Justice.
Unlike the ministerial review process, they are not required to launch a full investigation if a case review provides the grounds for a decision.“In the U.K. for example, in 27 years, they've had more than 800 cases determined as miscarriages of justice,” Lockyer said. Scotland’s commission has caught 90 in 24 years.
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