Jan 14: Ron Dalton on 2 men acquitted after decades of wrongful imprisonment for murder.
Roy Green Show
English - January 14, 2024 22:30 - 16 minutes - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On January 4, Robert Mailman (76) and Walter Gillespie (80), were acquitted by the Chief Justice of King's Bench Court in St. John, New Brunswick of murder convictions dating back 40 years. Both Mailman and Gillespie had strong alibis with witnesses placing them kilometers from the murder scene on the day of the crime. Both men were nevertheless convicted with no chance of parole for 18 years. On the first day of their second trial January 4, the Crown declared they had no evidence to present and invited the Court to acquit them both.
Mailman and Gillespie were represented by lawyers for Innocence Canada which had taken on their cause.
Guest: Ron Dalton. President: Innocence Canada. Mr. Dalton himself was convicted of murder in the death of his wife and served years in prison before forensic evidence proved him innocent and that there indeed had been no crime, as Mr. Dalton's wife had died of asphyxiation of a piece of breakfast cereal
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On January 4, Robert Mailman (76) and Walter Gillespie (80), were acquitted by the Chief Justice of King's Bench Court in St. John, New Brunswick of murder convictions dating back 40 years. Both Mailman and Gillespie had strong alibis with witnesses placing them kilometers from the murder scene on the day of the crime. Both men were nevertheless convicted with no chance of parole for 18 years. On the first day of their second trial January 4, the Crown declared they had no evidence to present and invited the Court to acquit them both.
Mailman and Gillespie were represented by lawyers for Innocence Canada which had taken on their cause.
Guest: Ron Dalton. President: Innocence Canada. Mr. Dalton himself was convicted of murder in the death of his wife and served years in prison before forensic evidence proved him innocent and that there indeed had been no crime, as Mr. Dalton's wife had died of asphyxiation of a piece of breakfast cereal
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