Ernst Zundel

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Charge:	Spreading false news
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Year Cleared:	1992
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Ernst Zundel was convicted of spreading false news about the deaths of six million Jews in the Holocaust, In 1992 the Supreme Court of Canada quashed Ernst Zundel's conviction. In a 4-3 decision the court declared the law unconstitutional because it violated the guarantee of freedom of expression contained in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Zundel had previously been convicted of the same charge but that conviction was overturned on appeal and he was reconvicted after a retrial."
Conviction Caused By:	Section 181 of the Canadian Criminal Code was misapplied to Ernest Zundel's free expression of his opinion about the Holocaust.
Innocence Proved By:	In 1992 the Supreme Court of Canada quashed Ernst Zundel's conviction. In a 4-3 decision the court declared the law unconstitutional because it violated the guarantee of freedom of expression contained in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Information Source 1:	R. v. Zundel [1992] 2 S.C.R. 731
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Ernst Zundel

Charge:

Spreading false news

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Years Imprisoned:

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Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

1992

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Section 181 of the Canadian Criminal Code was misapplied to Ernest Zundel's free expression of his opinion about the Holocaust.

Innocence Proved By:

In 1992 the Supreme Court of Canada quashed Ernst Zundel's conviction. In a 4-3 decision the court declared the law unconstitutional because it violated the guarantee of freedom of expression contained in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Male

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R. v. Zundel [1992] 2 S.C.R. 731

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http://csc.lexum.org/decisia-scc-csc/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/904/index.do

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