Hearing set for release of evidence in quashing of Glen Assoun murder conviction

Documents leading to the decision by Justice Minister David Lametti have been sealed since a preliminary federal assessment led to Assoun’s release on bail on Oct. 8, 2014.

Justice James Chipman later ruled against releasing the assessment, saying allowing the public access to the evidence while an investigation was still underway could harm the administration of justice. However, the CBC, The Canadian Press, and the Halifax Examiner have joined in a motion to have the information released now that the final ministerial review is complete and Assoun has been acquitted.

A date of July 2 has been set by the Nova Scotia Supreme Court for a hearing, with the Crown, the federal Justice Department and Innocence Canada lawyers also parties to the proceedings.

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Wilson-Raybould Delayed Acting On Wrongful Conviction Case For MonthsDavid Lametti issued an order for a new trial seven weeks after becoming justice minister. She started all this bullsh*t, not because of the legal or ethical highground...but because her poor little fragile feelings were hurt and she wanted to assert her selfishness.....it looks like it is going to backfire and all the skeletons will roll from her closet. Seems like the MSM received their deflection orders from the PMO today. Three, and counting, MSM publications with the exact same by-line... Is this the work of a great minister of justice
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