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9 Windsor Y.B. Access Just. 96 (1989)
Wrongful Conviction and Imprisonment: Towards an End to the Compensatory Obstacle Course

handle is hein.journals/windyrbaj9 and id is 100 raw text is: WRONGFUL CONVICTION AND IMPRISONMENT: TOWARDS AN END TO THE COMPENSATORY OBSTACLE COURSE H. Archibald Kaiser* When an individual is wrongfully convicted of an offence, there are compelling reasons for awarding compensation effi- ciently and generously. However, conventional remedies hold little promise of relief for those who have already suffered through the inadequacies of the justice system. Recent initiatives by the Federal and Provincial governments are critically examined against the background of Article 14(6) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights The author argues that Canada should offer more to those who become victims of miscarriages of justice and presents some alternative policies and procedures which seem more appropriate in a society which places a high value on individual liberty and the avoidance of erroneous determinations of guilt. La condamnation et 'emprisonnement injustifi~s: pour une procedure d'indemnisation moins hkriss~e d'obstacles l y a de bonnes raisons pour decerner promptement une indemnisation genereuse 6i quiconque est condamni ci tort pour un crime. Malheureusement, les rembdes classiques offrent peu de chances de redressement 6 ceux qui ont djat souffert des insuffisances du systbme judiciaire. L'auteur examine d'un oeil critique les initiatives rcentes des gouvernements fedgral et provinciaux i cet egard, en confrontant celles-ci au paragraphe 14(6) de la Convention internationale sur les droits civils et politiques. II pretend que le Canada devrait offrir davantage aux victimes des erreurs judiciaires fondamentales, et il presente des politiques etprocedures alternatives qui semblent plus approprides 6i une societe qui respecte la liberte individuelle et s 'efforce d'jviter les condamnations injustifies. * The author is a member of the Faculty of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The research assistance of Glen Johnson, Rosie Smith, Sally Hill, Paul Bachand and Tom Nepjuk is gratefully acknowledged as is the secretarial support of Marilee Matheson, Lynn Richards and Sandra Giffin. The article is a shorter version of the one which was originally submitted for publication and which was also considered by the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution. Limited numbers of the original edition are available from the author. Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice

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