US EditionTwo New Brunswick men cleared of 1983 murder fear they will die without compensation
- Gillespie and his friend Robert Mailman were acquitted of a 1983 murder after serving lengthy prison terms, following the emergence of fresh evidence and a new trial order by the federal justice minister.
- Both men are seeking financial compensation for their lost decades, fearing time is running out. Mailman, diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, wants to leave something for his grandchildren.
- Innocence Canada highlights multiple failings in the prosecution, including recanted testimony, withheld evidence, and substandard forensic evidence. Ron Dalton of Innocence Canada emphasizes the need for an appropriate compensation amount that recognizes the severity and length of the errors.
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Two New Brunswick men cleared of 1983 murder fear they will die without compensation
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Walter Gillespie opens his fridge and shows his meagre supplies — a loaf of bread, eggs, peanut butter and juice. There are also a few cans of beans stacked in a cupboard in the 80-year-old's Saint John, N.B., apartment.
Two New Brunswick men cleared of 1983 murder fear they will die without compensation
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Walter Gillespie opens his fridge and shows his meagre supplies — a loaf of bread, eggs, peanut butter and juice. There are also a few cans of beans stacked in a cupboard in the 80-year-old's Saint John, N.B., apartment.
Two New Brunswick men cleared of 1983 murder fear they will die without compensation
SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- Walter Gillespie opens his fridge and shows his meagre supplies -- a loaf of bread, eggs, peanut butter and juice. There are also a few cans of beans stacked in a cupboard in the 80-year-old's Saint John, N.B., apartment.
Two New Brunswick men cleared of 1983 murder fear they will die without compensation
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Walter Gillespie opens his fridge and shows his meagre supplies — a loaf of bread, eggs, peanut butter and juice. There are also a few cans of beans stacked in a cupboard in the 80-year-old's Saint John, N.B., apartment.
Two New Brunswick men cleared of 1983 murder fear they will die without compensation
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Walter Gillespie opens his fridge and shows his meagre supplies — a loaf of bread, eggs, peanut butter and juice. There are also a few cans of beans stacked in a cupboard in the 80-year-old’s Saint John, N.B., apartment. Last week, a judge acquitted Gillespie and his friend Robert Mailman, 76, […]
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