2009-04-15
15:23:59
The wife of a man wrongfully convicted of murder in 1975 is seeking compensation from the provincial government. Angela Walsh walked with UNB law students today to the provincial legislature to ask the government to table the petition in support of her husband, Erin Walsh.
Walsh, now 60 years old, was acquitted on March 14th of last year by the New Brunswick Court of Appeal in the Saint John murder of Melvin (Chi Chi) Peters. This after new evidence surfaced in 2005. Acting Justice Minister, Greg Byrne, and Premier Shawn Graham both refused to table the petition and would not speak to the law students during the daily legislative sitting. Opposition critic Tony Huntjens agreed to offer the petition into the official record.
