The federal government says there are reasonable grounds to believe a miscarriage of justice occurred in the case of a Quebec man who was convicted of four murders in 1994.
A letter dated Oct. 23 says the Justice Department’s criminal conviction review group will investigate the case of Daniel Jolivet.
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A lawyer for Jolivet asked Justice Minister Sean Fraser to reopen the case after the provincial Crown prosecutor’s office concluded a miscarriage of justice may have occurred.
Jolivet was convicted of the November 1992 shooting deaths of two men and two women in Brossard, Que.
But the evidence at trial hinged largely on the testimony of an informant, and Jolivet has always maintained his innocence.
His lawyer, Nicholas St-Jacques, says he will now apply to Quebec Superior Court for the interim release of his client.