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
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.
