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City legal staff recommend paying $7M in settlements to three Indigenous men wrongfully convicted in 1973 slaying

Newly acquitted Allan Woodhouse, front left to right, and Brian Anderson and James Lockyer, one of the lawyers for the two men and director of Innocence Canada, speak to the media outside the Winnipeg Law Courts in Winnipeg on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Brittany Hobson

The city’s legal department is proposing that Winnipeg pay $7 million to settle lawsuits filed by three First Nations men who were wrongfully convicted of the 1973 slaying of a restaurant worker.

The settlement aims to address the decades-long miscarriage of justice and provide compensation to the men affected by this wrongful conviction. Details of the proposal and next steps are expected to be discussed in the coming weeks.
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/10/15/city-legal-staff-recommend-paying-7m-in-settlements-to-three-indigenous-men-wrongfully-convicted-in-1973-slaying

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