Applications for Ministerial Review
Miscarriages of Justice

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

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