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Man Acquitted of Decades-Old Murders Settles Lawsuit with Montreal and Quebec
The confidential deal ends Paquin’s $64 million claim after he spent 18 years in prison and more than 23 years on parole.
- On Friday, Claude Paquin settled his civil lawsuit against Montreal and Quebec regarding his wrongful conviction, with the settlement amount undisclosed and parties declining further comment.
- Paquin spent 18 years in detention and more than 23 years on parole after conviction for the 1978 murders of Ronald Bourgouin and Sylvie Revah, regaining freedom in 2024.
- His lawsuit alleged key informant Bernard Provençal perjured himself to implicate Paquin in a police conspiracy, while lawyers argued justice officials knew of the false evidence for decades.
- The lawsuit stated "For 40 years, he endured imprisonment, violence, and humiliation," describing a "Dantean judicial process" that cost Paquin his identity; the plaintiff was 81 years old when acquitted.
- In 2024, federal justice officials admitted a miscarriage of justice occurred due to new information not submitted at trial, and Paquin's lawyers argued this represents the longest unjustified deprivation of liberty documented in Quebec.
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Man acquitted of double murder after 40 years reaches settlement with Montreal, Quebec
Claude Paquin, a Quebec man who was wrongfully convicted of a double murder and acquitted 41 years later, has reached a mulitimillion-dollar settlement with Montreal and the provincial government.
·Ottawa, Canada
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Le Journal de QuebecClaude Paquin, wrongly convicted of a double murder in 1983 and acquitted 41 years later, entered into an amicable settlement of $20 million.
·Montreal, Canada
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