An Indigenous man convicted of killing a restaurant worker 50 years ago was acquitted Thursday by a judge who called the case a wrongful conviction that involved systemic discrimination.

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Woodhouse is the third man to be exonerated in the 1974 death of Ting Fong Chan, a chef who was beaten and stabbed near a downtown construction site. Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse were acquitted last year.

The federal justice minister ordered a review of their case as likely miscarriages of justice. The convictions were based largely on statements given to police that were fluent in English, including what prosecutors called a signed confession by Anderson.

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A Crown attorney told court Thursday that police coerced and manufactured the statement from Woodhouse, whose limited English was evident at trial. He was not provided an interpreter.

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Chief Justice Glenn Joyal of the Court of King香蕉视频直播檚 Bench apologized on behalf of the justice system to Woodhouse, who spent more than a decade behind bars before being released on parole.

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Joyal spoke at length about past wrongdoings of the justice system and efforts being made to move toward 香蕉视频直播渏udicial reconciliation.香蕉视频直播�

Anderson served almost 11 years and was given full parole in 1987. Allan Woodhouse served 23 years. The two are suing three levels of government, saying their imprisonment was the result of racial discrimination.

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James Lockyer, a lawyer and director with Innocence Canada, which has represented all three men, has said there needs to be an examination of homicide convictions involving Indigenous people over the last five decades in Manitoba.

Jerome Kennedy, another lawyer with the group, said outside court Thursday that Innocence Canada is also working on cases involving Indigenous men in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario that are moving toward a request for a review by the federal justice minister

He said he香蕉视频直播檇 like to see a national effort, led by the federal government, to take on wrongful convictions and reach out to people behind bars.

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Later Thursday, Woodhouse met with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew at the legislature.

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