Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Breaking and entering |
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Year Cleared: |
2016 |
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Canada |
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British Columbia |
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Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"D. L. W. was wrongly convicted of bestiality in British Columbia, Canada." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On June 9, 2016 the Canadian Supreme Court reversed D. L. W.'s bestiality conviction because there was no penetration of the dog involved, as required by Canada's bestiality law." |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"R. v. D.L.W., 2016 SCC 22, [2016] 1 S.C.R. 402 (Canadian Sup. Ct., 6-9-2016) (Reversing bestiality conviction because there was no penetration of dog.)" |
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https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15991/index.do |
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