Bulletin: Glen Assoun: Nova Scotia: Momentous Development: The media have won their heavily contested application for release of documents which are believed to show that the police withheld evidence that would have cleared Assoun. .."Today, Justice Chipman indicated that he will rule next Friday, July 12, that the entire Preliminary Assessment and all the appendices be made public. Between now and then, Chipman will consider a request by Assoun’s lawyers to redact the names of three people who gave the CCRG evidence fingering someone else as Way’s murderer. Those three people are “vulnerable” and living in “marginal” circumstances, such that they could be at personal danger, argue Assoun’s lawyers. In the main, then, the media group succeeded today."

BACKGROUND: Earlier today, Halifax  Examiner Publisher Tim Bousquet reported: "The primary court document I’m interested in is the Criminal Conviction Review Group’s (CCRG) submission to the federal Justice Minister; this document spells out why the CCRG concluded that Assoun was “factually innocent” of the murder for which he spent 16-plus years in prison. We know the general outlines of how they came to that conclusion, and one point jumps out at me — that the Halifax police withheld evidence that would have cleared Assoun."
 
BULLETIN:  As the Halifax Examiner reports: "Today, Justice Chipman indicated that he will rule next Friday, July 12, that the entire Preliminary Assessment and all the appendices be made public.
Between now and then, Chipman will consider a request by Assoun’s lawyers to redact the names of three people who gave the CCRG evidence fingering someone else as Way’s murderer. Those three people are “vulnerable” and living in “marginal” circumstances, such that they could be at personal danger, argue Assoun’s lawyers. In the main, then, the media group succeeded today."

The entire story can be read at:
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/supreme-court-justice-james-chipman-rules-for-media-group-in-assoun-document-case/

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic"  section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com.  Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog;