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Judge grants bail to Quebec man as 1994 murder conviction under review
Daniel Jolivet, convicted of four murders in 1994, was granted bail after a Crown prosecutor found reasonable grounds for a miscarriage of justice, prompting a federal review.
- Quebec Superior Court Justice Lyne Décarie announced today at the Montreal courthouse that Daniel Jolivet will be released pending a federal review by the Justice Department's criminal conviction review group.
- The Crown wrote in June that it had reasonable grounds to conclude Jolivet did not receive a fair trial, and in October the federal government announced a review for possible miscarriage of justice.
- Jolivet, 68, was convicted in 1994 on two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder in Brossard, Que., after spending 33 years in prison.
- After the decision, lawyer Nicholas St-Jacques told reporters his client will finally breathe outside after 33 years in prison, and the Crown and defence consented to Jolivet's release, prosecutor Lina Thériault said.
- St-Jacques said the review could take up to five years and noted he has worked on the case for 17 years, highlighting prolonged legal efforts by the Justice Department's criminal conviction review group.
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The 68-year-old was convicted of four counts of murder in 1994.
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Daniel Jolivet, who has always denied having committed the murders for which he has been imprisoned for 33 years, was finally provisionally released Friday, after seeing his request authorized Friday in Montreal.
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Judge grants bail to Quebec man as 1994 murder conviction under review
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