The head of Quebec’s Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DCPC) wants former federal justice minister David Lametti to publicly justify his decision to order a retrial for former Quebec judge Jacques Delisle back in 2021.
DCPC head Patrick Michel spoke with Radio-Canada’s Enquête program last week — a day after Delisle pleaded guilty to manslaughter in his wife’s death, ending a 15-year judicial saga.
Now that the legal battle is finally over, Michel says he’s still yet to see any justification for Lametti’s decision to order a retrial for Delisle, who had originally been convicted of murder.
“We still don’t understand what could have convinced the minister,”
This story was originally published on CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/dcpc-questions-handling-jacques-delisle-case-1.7146963?cmp=rss.