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Glen Assoun is moving to Halifax

November 24, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

Glen Assoun is moving to Halifax. In 1999, Assoun was convicted of the 1996 murder of his former girlfriend, Brenda Way. Assoun always maintained his innocence, but spent 16 years in prison for the murder. Assoun is the subject of the first three parts of the Examiner’s Dead Wrong series. Although Assoun was not eligible […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Association in Defence of the Wrongfully Convicted, Criminal Conviction Review Group, Glen Assoun moving to Halifax, Innocence Canada, Justice Jamie Chipman, Mark Green, Shannon Huckle, Tanya Assoun

The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

Click here to go to the DEAD WRONG home page.

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