Kyla Lee in CBA National: Supreme Court enters an acquittal in wrongful conviction case
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a woman convicted in the 2011 drowning death of a toddler must be acquitted.
The Court clarified one of the routes of when an appeal court can enter such an acquittal and was split 5-4 in its reasons on whether the Court should engage in a framework discussion on a “discretionary acquittal.”
However, the fact that Tammy Bouvette has been at the centre of a miscarriage of justice was not in dispute.
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