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Robert Stewart

 

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

16

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Ontario

City of Crime:

Cumberland

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Robert Stewart and Richard Mallory were co-defendants. Both men were convicted in February 2000 of the January 16, 1990 murder of a man and his pregnant wife in Cumberland, Ontario. Their trial was the second longest in Canadian history. The men's convictions were overturned on appeal and a retrial ordered on January 12, 2007. Both men were released on February 27, 2007 after more than 16 years of wrongful imprisonment. They were also co-defendants of James Sauvé and Richard Trudel whose convictions of first-degree murder in May 1996 after the longest trial in Canadian history were overturned in 2004. Their trial was severed from the trial of Stewart and Mallory. All four men were arrested in December 1990."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Released on February 27, 2007 after his conviction was overturned on January 12, 2007. "

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

39

Age When Released:

54

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Man jailed 16 years for cumberland murder sues province for 32 million, By Andrew Seymour, The Ottawa Citizen, July 25, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=fd544ed5-2202-4050-a9d8-25140199eacf

Information Source 2:

R v Richard Mallory and Robert Stewart 2007 ONCA 46 [The Cumberland Murders]

Information Location 2:

http://netk.net.au/Canada/Stewart.asp

Information Source 3:

"Men convicted in Cumberland killings freed, Staff report, Orleans Star, March 2, 2007"

Information Location 3:

http://www.orleansstar.ca/News/Justice/2007-03-02/article-641799/Men-convicted-in-Cumberland-killings-freed/1

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