Glen Assoun's lawyer says the wrongfully convicted Halifax man suffered "every single day" as he waited to be exonerated for a murder he didn't commit — a wait that was prolonged for months as his case sat on former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould's desk. Wilson-Raybould herself did not confirm or deny a lengthy delay in dealing with Assoun's case, but suggested it was just one of many potential wrongful conviction cases that landed on her desk. "It would be entirely inappropriate for me to comment on specific cases or applications made under the criminal conviction review process.... "And I think that speaks to the level of egregiousness that this wrongful conviction has sort of achieved." MacDonald questioned Wilson-Raybould's suggestion that she had many potential wrongful conviction cases to deal with.

Source: CBC News March 28, 2019 12:34 UTC