Former Quebec judge pleads guilty to manslaughter in wife's deathA former Quebec Court of Appeal judge, Jacques Delisle, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his wife. The plea comes after nearly 15 years of legal battles and an initial first-degree murder conviction. He was sentenced to time served plus a day, and shortly after, he left the courthouse a free man.
Following a pause, the judge sentenced Delisle to one day in jail, saying that it ensures that the time he already served can be taken into consideration in his sentence.Speaking with reporters, Larochelle clarified that although Delisle is sentenced to one day in jail, he will only serve a few hours and will be released later today. Shortly after 3 p.m., Delise left the courthouse a free man.
Crown prosecutor François Godin said he accepted the manslaughter plea but would not accept the plea of assisted suicide because he says "that's not what happened." Delisle's lawyer, Jacques Larochelle, says he intially suggested a plea of assisting suicide. Criminal defence lawyer Rénald Beaudry, who was at the court house on Thursday, agrees. He was pleased to witness the end of what has been a long legal battle.
Lockyer took on the former judge's case in 2014, when Delisle had lost all his appeals, helping bring his application to the federal justice minister. Rainville, who had been partially paralyzed due to a stroke, died of a gunshot to the head. Delisle's first trial hinged on detailed forensic analysis over whether she had taken her own life or he had killed her.
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