wrongful conviction

Walter Gillespie poses for a photo in his apartment in Saint John, N.B. on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. Innocence Canada says Walter Gillespie, 80, died Friday morning in his home in Saint John, N.B. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hina Alam

Wrongfully convicted New Brunswick man dies months after exoneration

Walter Gillespie spent 21 years in prison for a 1983 murder he was only exonerated of this year

Witness box and Judges’s bench at the Edmonton Law Courts building, in Edmonton on Friday, June 28, 2019. A registry of wrongful conviction cases in Canada is launching for the first time, showing 83 cases where people had their convictions overturned. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Researchers hope wrongfully convicted database will lead to reforms, more releases

Database launching this week with 83 cases