Judge affirms lower court ruling barring testimony on the syndrome in two criminal cases

Nearly five decades after he was wrongfully convicted of rape, a New York judge has overturned the conviction of Leonard Mack following new DNA testing that eliminated him as the perpetrator and identified a different man who has since confessed to the crime, prosecutors announced.

The Quebec Court of Appeal has overturned a decision that allowed a former judge, who is now 88, to avoid a second trial in the death of his wife.

L’ex-juge Jacques Delisle n’en a pas encore fini avec la justice. La Cour d’appel vient de rendre un jugement par lequel elle ordonne qu’un second procès ait bel et bien lieu contre lui pour le meurtre de son épouse.

Nearly 50 years after their wrongful conviction, Brian Anderson and AJ Woodhouse are not only exonerated, but also declared “innocent” in a historic ruling.

In 2019, W5 ran a story on the case of Brian Anderson, who was recently declared innocent by the Court of King’s Bench for Manitoba along with his co-accused, AJ Woodhouse.

The case of a woman who was hanged 100 years ago for the murder of her husband is to be reviewed by the UK’s Criminal Cases Review Commission as a potential miscarriage of justice.

On August 9, 2023, the Minister of Justice referred the case of Tim Rees to the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

A Winnipeg courtroom erupted in cheers and applause on Tuesday as a Manitoba judge officially acquitted two First Nations men who were convicted of killing a restaurant worker half a century ago.

Yusef Salaam, who gained international attention as one of the wrongfully accused teens in the Central Park Five case, has emerged victorious in the Democratic primary for a seat on the New York City Council.

The Canadian Department of Justice has ordered a new trial in the cases of Brian Anderson and A.J. Woodhouse.

In loving Memory of Glen Assoun, a Beloved Brother, Father and Loving Grandfather.

Glen’s story is one of perseverance against all odds.

Glen Assoun, who served almost 17 years in prison for murder until his conviction was overturned in 2019, has died.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has acquitted Bernard Doyle, who was wrongfully convicted of killing his partner's child based on a faulty pediatric autopsy by discredited pathologist Charles Smith. CBC News interviewed Mr. Doyle along with his lawyers, James Lockyer and Jerome Kennedy.

More than two decades after he was convicted of killing his partner’s child, a crime he insisted he did not commit, Bernard Doyle has won his battle to clear his name.

Due to coercive pressures, many innocent people plead guilty to crimes they didn’t commit. New York has an opportunity to allow them to seek justice.

Exoneree John Salmon’s wife of 44 years, Margaret passed away peacefully at Birchmere Retirement Residence in Orillia, Ontario.

Read the final of five articles about the case of Daniel Jolivet, a man wrongfully convicted in Québec.