Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 9, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Aid local Winnitoy Jum 200c Justice system cant be lawyers say by Paul Mckee a wrongfully convicted Man was cleared today some one else May be wrongfully convicted and it could be 10 years or More before they Are Clayton Ruby is pleased Thomas soph now was exonerated after 19 years of including almost four years in prison for a murder he didst but the Toronto based criminal and constitutional lawyer said were still sending innocent people to the american Model of prosecution show no pay no attention to warning signs has taken said the Justice system wont admit mis soph now cleared takes Are he Sopho nows Case is yet another said Craig a lawyer and president of British columbian civil liberties we cant let the system of Justice run he any system of authority is prone to said both Ruby and Jones say Justice must be overseen by an inde pendent critical body or tragic mistakes will wrongfully convicted people must be allowed to make their cases sooner and said he noted How Long soph now took to Clear his along with David Molgaard and Guy Paul wrongfully convicted people face an enormous hurdle to prove their inno said the Crown can con vict in a week but it takes the convicted years or decades to Clear their Ruby blames overzealous prosecutors for wrongful the crowns he is if in doubt prose that contrary to what the Law noted the Crown should be a Raj ure tit banquet party Centre we do the cutlery a More now open thursdays until 657 Century Street North of florists Large roses congratulations to these 3m employees celebrating service Vincent Polloway consumer office Supply sales Donald Cove sales innovation Best selection Kravco All i Stock Patio Rattan furniture 2550 off Puuki pm in Home Crest Sargent Berry Lagimodiere Grassie 7866957 6543847 lottery Thanh you Manitoba grand prize Winner Jean Mcconnell ticket it 1360 6361 4528 2265 1313 2099 3405 5396 4670 name Donald Cleghorn Mark Sears Tutkaluk 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no encumbrances or outstanding import duties and taxes paid at port of proper required upon 10 buyers Premium to be Sale subject to additions and proper tax exemption certificate required to be tax bound by a reasonable expectation of conviction before but Ruby and Jones said Many wrong Ful convictions occur because of police police Are trained to not to said he believes police have a duty to do Jones wants Independent civilian bodies Over seeing the Jones believes the Justice system is More just than it was 10 or 20 years he likes to think were sending fewer innocent people to prison but we still Are sending innocent people to the work of Norfo prof it groups in fighting for the wrongfully convicted encourages he won Ders if those groups should receive pub Lic the Federal Justice system minister yesterday created a special investigative body to look at wrongful conviction but Ruby called that move a the new unit is not Independent of the minister and is still part of the prose tutorial Arm of Canada needs an Independent system like he Ruby called for a separately Independent body to examine wrongful conviction the British system decides Independent of the Justice system whether a claim should be he we can do a whole lot better than we said Well still make he but at least an Independent body could examine those wrongful convictions continue to said but Hes grateful Canada at least has no death wed have dead bodies littering the landscape former Boyfriend feels police were narrow minded by Mike Mclntyre Winnipeg police were too narrow minded and refused to listen to other theories about who killed Barbara the murder victims former Boyfriend said Patrick Levecque said he and other friends of the teen never believed Thomas soph now was responsible for the 1981 but police did it take their concerns we told them that from the begin but the cops said we were too he said he never believed the Story provided to police by witness John who Fin gered soph now As the he said he gave police the name of another Man he believed could be to along with a description of another possible they never followed up on any thing we he Levecque declined to give further details on his two theories but said Hes anxious to learn the identify of the new suspect police say they he said he was relieved to hear that police had finally cleared Sopho nows name after two decades of i feel bad for him and his this is All the fault of the its too bad us taxpayers will have to pay for he Myron Zuk testified at Sopho nows first two trials about a Man he spotted leaving the doughnut shop right after Stoppel was he was never Able to identify the Cowboy hat wearing suspect and said yesterday he was intrigued by the new development in the in glad they came to this Conlu if it want with Dan so Many things Are being Over said who used to work at a video store across the Street from the crime he said he haunt thought about the Case for quite some time and never feared he helped convict an innocent Man because of his sketchy account of maybe if i had said for sure it was him i might but this makes you think theres still someone out there who did he this really brings this thing Back to who was a pall bearer at Stoppels said the shocking new developments in the Case has reopened old i really feel bad for barbaras they have to go through this he but id rather go through some turmoil to find out who the rightfully accused then we can All rest at the City of Winnipeg notice of special meeting lord Selkirk West Kildonan Community committee Date june 2000 committee Council building 510 main Street time special meeting to consider a Community incentive Grant application All interested person Are invited to attend for further information Call clerk Telephone 9863650 the City of Winnipeg notice of meetings East Kildonan Transcona Community committee the East Kildonan Transcona Community committee will hold the following meetings on june in the Community committee 755 Henderson 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