Annual Report 2008 - Minister 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
  • Judicial Decisions
  • Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario
  • Steven Truscott
• Remedies Granted by the Minister
  • William Mullins-Johnson
  • Erin Michael Walsh
  • Alberta case
  • Update on Remedies Granted
    • Daniel Wood
    • Romeo Phillion
  • 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
• 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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