Wrongfully convicted men testify at Senate hearing to support forming independent commission for miscarriages of justice

More than 50 years after being sent to prison for a murder he didn’t commit – and just weeks after a court in Manitoba exonerated him – Clarence Woodhouse faced members of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, to support a bill that would see the formation of an independent commission to review cases of potential wrongful conviction in Canada.The Senate heard that Mr. Woodhouse speaks limited English, and with no Saulteaux translator available, he was offered a chance to submit a taped statement later. He chose to do that, speaking only very briefly to introduce himself, and tell the senators the most important thing about his case.