UM Todaywrongful convictions – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Winnipeg Free Press: Restorative justice hangs in the balance https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/winnipeg-free-press-restorative-justice-hangs-in-the-balance/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/winnipeg-free-press-restorative-justice-hangs-in-the-balance/#respond Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:07:21 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=208093 Restorative justice hangs in the balance]]> The Bill C-40 commission is expected to offer one approach to addressing wrongful convictions, but legal experts point to other steps that could improve the system.

Brandon Trask, an assistant professor of law at the University of Manitoba who runs the university’s Rights Clinic, says his major concern is political influence creeping into the justice system and impacting wrongful convictions.

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