Ottawa orders post-mortem appeal for Manitoba man in killing of restaurant worker
WINNIPEG — The federal government has ordered an appeal into the conviction of a First Nations man — 14 years after his death —in the killing of a restaurant worker in Winnipeg.
Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser says a review of the conviction of Russell Woodhouse, who died in 2011, found reasonable grounds to conclude there was likely a miscarriage of justice in his case.
The government says it's the first time a post-mortem conviction review has granted a remedy under the