HALIFAX — A court battle is set to unfold Tuesday over the release of key evidence explaining what led to the wrongful murder conviction of a Nova Scotia man who spent almost 17 years in jail. On March 1, after a two-decade struggle by Assoun to overturn his conviction, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice James Chipman found him innocent in the 1995 knifing death of 28-year-old Brenda Way. At the time, Chipman refused the CBC’s request to see the report, and sealed the hundreds of pages of information. At one point during his 36-day trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, witness Isabel Morse testified that Assoun was staying with her on the night of the murder. However, the woman’s account had to be weighed against evidence from Assoun’s sister-in-law, who testified Assoun was living in British Columbia at the time of the alleged rape.

Source: National Post July 01, 2019 09:00 UTC