In 1983, Paquin was found guilty of two counts of first degree murder in the death of a couple in 1978, spending 41 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
This text is a translation of an article by CTV News.
It was finally acquitted in November and continues today the director of criminal and criminal proceedings (DPCP), the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) and the Montreal City Police Service (SPVM) for an amount of $ 64 million.
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According to the pursuit of more than 100 pages, the 82 -year -old man is the oldest person to have been acquitted in Canada after being wrongly sentenced. Mr. Paquin has maintained his innocence from the start and fought for years to prove it. He lost his call in 1987 and the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear his cause the following year. He was acquitted with the help of the Innocence Quebec project, a group that helps people wrongly sentenced.
The association has set up the file for ten years and presented new evidence to the Federal Minister of Justice in 2020. Legal action affirms that its trajectory illustrates a “legal spiral” of serious and malicious misconduct on the part of the State. Mr. Paquin’s lawyers claim that he is now aspiring to the stability of a peaceful life, lived in dignity, and to a complete and without compromise repair for him.
The Quebec Ministry of Justice told CTV News that it would not comment on the case out of respect for the legal process. The SPVM also refused to comment, citing the current legal proceedings.
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