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Ottawa orders post-mortem appeal for Manitoba man in killing of restaurant worker

The federal government ordered the first post-mortem appeal under the Criminal Code after three other men were exonerated for wrongful convictions linked to systemic discrimination.

  • Canada's justice minister has ordered a review of a First Nations man's 1974 conviction for a 1973 killing, years after his death.
  • The review found reasonable grounds to conclude a miscarriage of justice likely occurred in Russell Woodhouse's conviction.
  • The federal government's decision allows new information to be considered and gives Woodhouse's family another chance to appeal his conviction.
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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Monday, September 29, 2025.
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