On Thursday, November 27, 2025, the Ontario Court of Appeal quashed Tim Rees’s conviction for the 1989 murder of 10-year-old Darla Thurott and ordered a new trial. Darla was strangled in her bed at her...
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After nearly five decades of wrongful conviction, Clarence Woodhouse has finally been exonerated. Woodhouse, a member of the Pinaymootang First Nation, was convicted in 1974 for a murder he did not commit. His conviction was...
ROBERT SANDERSON’S CONVICTIONS FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER QUASHED 29 YEARS AFTER THREE HOMICIDES THAT OCCURRED IN 1996 Robert Sanderson’s convictions for three counts of First-Degree Murder were quashed by the Manitoba Court of Appeal, who...
We are pleased to share our first Impact Report! This report highlights our progress and the impact of our work over the past year. We plan to produce these reports annually to keep our supporters...
On May 23, 2025, Roy Sobotiak, who has been in prison for more than three decades, was granted bail months after his conviction was quashed by the federal justice minister. PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
It is with great sadness that I must share the passing of Billy Wine, not only a long-time personal friend, but a friend to the wrongly convicted and the organization. Billy was one of a...
From: Department of Justice Canada News release March 7, 2025 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Justice Canada Today, the Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced that important measures to establish...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 JUSTICE MINISTER ARIF VIRANI ANNOUNCES THAT HE HAS QUASHED THE SECOND DEGREE MURDER CONVICTION OF ROY ALLAN SOBOTIAK AFTER 35 YEARS. Today, at noon, Minister of Justice Arif Virani announced that...
This afternoon Robert (Bobby) Mailman and Walter (Wally) Gillespie were acquitted by Chief Justice Tracey DeWare of the King’s Bench Court in Saint John, New Brunswick, 40 years after they were wrongly convicted in the...
More than 49 years ago on March 5, 1974, Clarence Woodhouse, a young Indigenous man, and a member of the Pinaymootang First Nation on the Fairford Indian Reserve in Manitoba, was convicted of the murder...
It is with heavy hearts and profound sadness that we announce the passing of Glen Assoun. Glen passed away on June 14th, leaving behind cherished memories, a legacy of love and music, and an enduring...
On Monday, June 12th, 27 years after his wrongful conviction on manslaughter, Bernard Doyle finally heard the news that he had been praying and hoping from when the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned his conviction...
INNOCENCE CANADA PRESS RELEASE – December 19, 2022 WADE SKIFFINGTON – MINISTER OF JUSTICE CONCLUDES A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE LIKELY OCCURRED IN HIS SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CONVICTION FOR THE MURDER OF WANDA MARTIN IN RICHMOND, B.C....