A public inquiry should be held to examine Quebec’s forensic laboratory following the decision by Quebec Superior Court to grant a stay in legal proceedings against former Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Jacques Delisle, according to a founding director of Innocence Canada, a non-profit organization that resolves wrongful-conviction cases.
Retired judge Jacques Delisle, hoping to become the second person in Quebec in thirty years to be released pending an appeal, will have to remain in jail after Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Richard Wagner ruled that releasing him could undermine the public’s faith in the justice system.
It should come as no surprise if the Quebec Court of Appeal is nursing bruised egos. In the space of a week, the nation’s top court overruled two decisions by the Quebec Court of Appeal.