Glen Assoun

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
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Years Imprisoned:	16.67
Year Crime:	1995
Year Convicted:	1999
Year Cleared:	2019
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Nova Scotia
City of Crime:	Halifax
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Glen Assoun was wrongly convicted in 1999 of the murder of 28-year-old Brenda Way in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1995. Way was found in parking lot on November 12, 1995, with her throat slashed and she suffered multiple stab wounds. Assoun was arrested almost three years later. Assoun's alibi defense was he was with his girlfriend on the night of Way's murder. He also challenged the contradictory testimony of prosecution witnesses, some of whom were criminals with suspect motives. After his conviction by a jury he was sentenced to life in prison. Assoun's conviction was affirmed by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in 2006. Assoun was released on bail in 2014 after a reinvestigation of his case convinced prosecutors that his conviction may have been a miscarriage of justice. Assoun was acquitted on March 1, 2019 after a retrial in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, during which the prosecution presented no evidence against Assoun."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Assoun was acquitted on March 1, 2019 after a retrial in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, during which the prosecution presented no evidence against Assoun."
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Age When Imprisoned:	41
Age When Released:	58
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Assoun calls for inquiry into wrongful conviction that led to his imprisonment, By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press, March 4, 2019"
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Glen Assoun

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

16.67

Year Crime:

1995

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2019

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Nova Scotia

City of Crime:

Halifax

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Assoun was acquitted on March 1, 2019 after a retrial in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, during which the prosecution presented no evidence against Assoun."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

41

Age When Released:

58

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Assoun calls for inquiry into wrongful conviction that led to his imprisonment, By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press, March 4, 2019"

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https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/assoun-calls-for-inquiry-into-wrongful-conviction-that-led-to-his-imprisonment-1.23652549

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