50 years after wrongful conviction
David Milgaard speaks to the Globe & Mail about life after a wrongful conviction and his calling to advocate for other innocent people languishing in prisons across Canada. Read the full article.
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The wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun
Today the public finally learns the details of one of the most tragic and egregious wrongful convictions in Canadian history. Glen Assoun has suffered for decades due to the professional misconduct of individuals in the...
Innocence at Stake: The Need for Continued Vigilance to Prevent Wrongful Convictions in Canada
In the fall of 2002, the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Heads of Prosecutions Committee established a Working Group on the Prevention of Miscarriages of Justice in response to a number of wrongful convictions that had been identified and...
Preventing False Confessions Video
This video is directed at police officers but would be of interest to any person involved in the justice system. Specifically, it looks at the heightened risks for suspects to falsely confess when using the...
Glen Assoun Acquitted of 20-Year-Old Murder Conviction
Halifax, NS: Glen Assoun heard the news this morning he has waited 20 excruciating years to hear – he was acquitted of the murder of his former common law spouse. Shortly after federal Justice Minister...
Bail Granted: Wade Skiffington
INNOCENCE CANADA PRESS RELEASE – January 23, 2019 WADE SKIFFINGTON – BAIL GRANTED DURING MINISTER OF JUSTICE’S INVESTIGATION OF HIS MURDER CONVICTION Vancouver, BC: In a dramatic breakthrough in one of Canada’s most notorious wrongful...
Frank Ostrowski – Conviction Quashed
On November 27, 2018 the Manitoba Court of Appeal released its decision quashing Frank Ostrowski’s 1987 first-degree murder conviction. The court found that it would be unfair to order a second trial after so long...
O’Neil Blackett: Innocence Canada’s 22nd Exoneree
On October 2, 2018, O’Neil Blackett joined the Innocence Canada family as the 22nd person to be exonerated with the support of Innocence Canada. O’Neil’s day in court fell on another important day for the wrongly...
Dedication of Donald Marshall Jr. Centre for Justice and Reconciliation
Author: Win Wahrer A ceremony was held on June 21, 2018 to open a superior court on the Wagmatcook Reserve. The court is located inside the Wagmatcook Cultural and Heritage Centre in Wagmatcook, Nova Scotia....
Innocence Canada (formerly AIDWYC) Film
Innocence Canada (formerly The Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted or AIDWYC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to identifying, advocating for, and exonerating individuals convicted of a crime that they did not commit and...