Remains of Indigenous woman, two children set to be reburied in Medicine Hat
The ancestral remains of an Indigenous woman and two children are set to be reburied…
Medicine Hat
Cree woman wrongly convicted of murder finds herself back behind bars
Oakes, who is from Nekaneet First Nation, was set free by Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench on April 29, 2016, after having a second-degree murder charge stayed.
Alberta Crown drops retrial of woman with IQ of 50 wrongfully convicted of murder
(( Wendy Scott in a Facebook photo posted in 2008. The Crown stayed a murder…
Connie Oakes speaks to APTN about wrongful conviction and going home
APTN National News After being in prison for two years and five months, Connie Oakes…
The story that started Connie Oakes on a road to freedom
The first story on the Connie Oakes case.
‘This long ordeal is over for you,’ said the judge setting Connie Oakes free
A Court of Queen’s Bench judge in Medicine Hat, Alta., set Connie Oakes free after the Crown requested a stay of proceedings in her case.
Alberta Appeal Court orders new trial for Connie Oakes, cites ‘unsavory witness’ and ‘frailties in evidence’
Connie Oakes has said she was wrongfully convicted of murder
Alberta Appeal Court to deliver judgment Wednesday in Connie Oakes case
Alberta Appeals Court expected to rule Wednesday on Connie Oakes murder case
New trial would lead to Connie Oakes’ acquittal, says Alberta Appeal Court judge
Connie Oakes and Wendy Scott are both being currently held at the Calgary remand centre.
