Lametti Plans Public Consultation on Promised Criminal Conviction Review Commission

Lametti Plans Public Consultation on Promised Criminal Conviction Review Commission
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. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
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OTTAWA—The Trudeau government is poised to consult Canadians on how to go about creating an independent commission to review possible wrongful convictions for criminal offences.

The coming move will be the latest step on a long road toward such a body—a goal Ron Dalton and his colleagues have been keenly awaiting for years.