Updated: Aidan Cromwell’s conviction for second-degree murder has been overturned

一个三名法官的上诉法院推翻了the second-degree murder conviction of Aidan Cromwell。

Cromwell was convicted in 2014 for the 2012 murder of Marc Bernard Tremblay.

克伦威尔（Cromwell）由纽芬兰律师杰罗姆·肯尼迪（Jerome Kennedy）代表上诉，他首先倡导格伦·阿萨恩（Glen Assoun）的事业，格伦·阿萨恩（Glen Assoun）因谋杀布伦达（Brenda）的谋杀罪而被定罪，并在监狱中呆了16年，然后被释放，在法官裁定的裁定是“可能是“可能是”误判。”谋杀和屁股的定罪是审查员的主题死的错误系列。

在克伦威尔（Cromwell）的案子中，肯尼迪（Kennedy）辩称，最初的初审法官格伦·麦克杜格尔（Glen McDougall）法官不当允许克伦威尔（Cromwell）的邮政行为向陪审团提出。肯尼迪在听证会后告诉我，麦克杜格尔是一位认真和专心的法官，但“谋杀案很复杂”。

在她的回应中，皇家检察官玛丽安·福特·斯通（Marian Fortune-Stone）同意麦克杜格尔的陪审团指示是有缺陷的，最初的审判“脱离了轨道”。

Two options were argued in the hearing: the judges could vacate Cromwell’s conviction and find him guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter, or the judges could vacate the sentence and order a new trial.

大法官邓肯·贝弗里奇（Duncan Beveridge），杰米·桑德斯（Jamie Saunders）和伊丽莎白·范·恩登（Elizabeth van den Eynden）仅审议了大约10分钟，然后取消了克伦威尔（Cromwell）的二级定罪并下令进行新的审判。

After the hearing, Kennedy explained that there is considerable case law around how “post-offence conduct” can be presented to juries.

在这种情况下,克伦威尔刺伤Tremblay后,阴极射线示波器mwell ran home, hid in a closet, and hid a blood-stained hoody he had been wearing. When police arrived to arrest him, Cromwell refused to come out of the closet for a good while. Then in a police statement, Cromwell explained that before the fatal exchange with Bernard, he considered running into a pizza shop to call police, but in the end didn’t.

肯尼迪解释说，王室检察官可以将克伦威尔的行为作为证据表明该行为已被犯下 - 的确，没有人认为克伦威尔没有刺伤伯纳德。然而，问题是刺伤是在自卫中进行的，还是简单的过失杀人罪还是更严重的二级谋杀案。肯尼迪解释说，陪审团的邮政行为被提交给陪审团的方式，陪审员可以将其用作证据表明已犯下了二级谋杀案。法官应该明确指示邮政行为是该法案的证据，而不是用来寻找特定的罪恶感。

Fortune-Stone, the prosecutor at today’s hearing, agreed that the post-offence behaviour was presented in such a way as to be evidence of the most serious charge.

决定后，克伦威尔的家人坐在法院大厅里哭泣着欢乐的眼泪。克伦威尔的母亲说：“已经四年了。”克伦威尔。”

Aiden Cromwell’s family is now searching for a new lawyer to represent him in the next trial.

披露：在2014年的宣判中，埃尔·琼斯（El Jones）向法院提供了一封对克伦威尔（Cromwell）的支持信。琼斯随后成为审查员的贡献者，她今天出席了法庭。

An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Kennedy said Cromwell’s trial was Justice McDougall’s first murder trial. He says he has no idea how many murder trials McDougall has heard.