Applications for Ministerial Review
Miscarriages of Justice

Annual Report 2007
Minister of Justice

National Library of Canada cataloguing in publication data

Canada. Department of Justice

Annual report, applications for ministerial review, miscarriages of justice

Annual.

2007 -

Text in English and French on inverted pages.

Title on added t.p.: Rapport annuel, demande de révision auprès du ministre, erreurs judiciaires.

Issued also on the Internet.

Variant title: Applications for ministerial review, miscarriages of justice.

ISBN 978-0-662-69958-3
Cat. no. J1-3/2006

1. Judicial error - Canada - Periodicals.
2. Appellate procedure - Canada - Periodicals.
3. Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada - Periodicals.

I. Title.

Internet:

Cat. no. J1-3/2007E-PDF
ISBN 978-0-662-46449-5

Published by authority of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

by the

Communications Branch
Department of Justice
Ottawa, Canada

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2007, as represented by the Minister of Justice

Printed in Canada

Also available in French under the title: Rapport annuel, demandes de révision auprès du ministre, erreurs judiciaires

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Addressing Possible Miscarriages of Justice
  • History of the Power to Review Criminal Convictions
  • The Current Conviction Review Process
  • Criminal Conviction Review Group
  • Conviction Reviews By Outside Agents
  • How the Conviction Review Process Works
    • Applying for a Conviction Review
    • The Special Advisor to the Minister
    • Stages of the Review
      • Preliminary Assessment
      • Investigation
      • Investigation Report
      • Decision by the Minister
    • Authorizations for the Use of the Minister's Investigative Powers
• Emerging Issues and Developments
  • Public Inquiries
  • Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario
  • Simon Marshall
  • Randy Druken
• Remedies Granted by the Minister
  • Romeo Phillion
  • Update on Remedies Granted
    • Steven Truscott
    • Danny Wood
    • André Tremblay
  • The Year Ahead
• Statistical Information
  • Reporting Period
  • Application Requests
  • Applications Made to the Minister
  • Progress of Applications Through the Conviction Review Process
  • Preliminary Assessments
  • Investigations
  • Decisions
  • Applications Abandoned or Held in Abeyance
  • Status of Applications at the End of the Fiscal Year
  • Judicial Review
• Appendices
• Appendix 1: Sections 696.1 to 696.6 of the Criminal Code (Part XXI.1)
• Appendix 2: Regulations Respecting Applications for Ministerial Review — Miscarriages of Justice
• Appendix 3: Contacting the Criminal Conviction Review Group