Canada - Clarence Woodhouse exonerated in 1973 Winnipeg killing

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'You were wrongfully convicted. You were innocent,' judge tells Woodhouse

Clarence Woodhouse, who was sent to prison 50 years ago for the murder of a Winnipeg man, has been exonerated.

Woodhouse, now in his 70s, has always proclaimed his innocence, but no one listened to him, Innocence Canada said in a news release in October 2023, when Woodhouse was granted a review of his conviction.

Woodhouse, Allan Woodhouse and Brian Anderson were tried and convicted in 1974 of murdering Ting Fong Chan.

Chan, a 40-year-old chef at the Beachcomber restaurant and a father of two, was beaten and stabbed to death near a downtown construction site on July 17, 1973.

All three First Nations men were sentenced to life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole for 10 years.

Clarence Woodhouse exonerated in 1973 Winnipeg killing

 

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I feel happy for him that he is free and yet sad for him that he had to spend so much time behind bars as an innocent man.