New registry shows Indigenous Peoples largely shut out of wrongful conviction cases
Reporting by APTN News helped inspire new Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions
Clayton Boucher
Law society documents reveal how Crown avoided discipline in wrongful conviction of Metis man
Clayton Boucher was wrongfully convicted in 2017 after exonerating evidence withheld in Alberta
RCMP apologize to Métis man for withholding evidence in wrongful conviction
Apology part of recent settlement in civil lawsuit.
Mounties deny wrongdoing in overturned drug case but internal investigation says otherwise
RCMP disciplined officer for handling of wrongful conviction of Metis man.
Metis man sues Crown, RCMP after key evidence withheld in wrongful conviction
RCMP repeatedly harassed Clayton Boucher, wrongly accused him of a being a drug trafficker and then withheld key evidence for months, according to lawsuit.
Alberta Law Society calls in independent counsel to review complaints over wrongfully convicted Metis man
Metis man spent 129 days in jail after his arrest on Jan. 22 in Lac La Biche, Atla. that turned out to be baking soda.
Metis man’s lawyer says he was wronged – but not by ‘me’
Alberta lawyer denies he knew the so-called drugs were in fact baking powder when his client pleaded guilty to drug possession in May.
Alberta Crown let Metis man plead guilty after RCMP said drugs weren’t real
An Alberta Crown prosecutor allowed a Metis man to plead guilty to simple drug possession in May after the RCMP told him the so-called drugs weren’t real, APTN News has learned.