N.S. Minister Holds Off Comment on Wrongful Conviction Case Due to Past as Mountie

N.S. Minister Holds Off Comment on Wrongful Conviction Case Due to Past as Mountie
Glen Assoun, the Nova Scotia man who spent almost 17 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, his lawyer Sean MacDonald and Ron Dalton, right, from the advocacy group Innocence Canada, stand outside Supreme Court in Halifax on July 12, 2019. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press
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HALIFAX—Nova Scotia’s justice minister—a retired Mountie—says he’s waiting for a ruling on whether he has a conflict of interest before commenting on revelations the RCMP erased evidence in the case of a man wrongfully convicted of murder.

Mark Furey says he wrote the province’s conflict of interest commissioner Tuesday seeking guidance on whether he can respond to the case of Glen Assoun.