Kent Roach, a registry co\u002Dfounder and law professor, said that similar databases exist in the U.K. and the U.S. Find out more.
He said higher-profile cases such as the wrongful murder conviction of the late David Milgaard have received a lot of public attention through Innocence Canada, a non-profit group that has helped exonerate 24 people since it was founded in 1993.The new registry casts a wider net and includes those convicted, then later exonerated, in lesser crimes. In some cases, no crime was committed at all, Roach said.
Robinson was found to have a low IQ and didn’t understand what was happening when he was pushed by police to take a polygraph test. He hadn’t even been a suspect in his neighbour’s death until another man — who was a suspect — claimed in 1994 that Robinson had confessed to him.Article content Details about each case have been compiled from court documents and news reports. The registry defines wrongful convictions as cases where a person found guilty had their conviction overturned and was either later acquitted or a prosecutor decided a new prosecution was not warranted.
Last week, federal Justice Minister David Lametti announced the creation of an independent commission dedicated to reviewing “miscarriage of justice” applications. The new act, named after Milgaard and his mother Joyce, would decide which criminal cases should be returned to the justice system because of a potential wrongful conviction.
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