Former Quebec Judge Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Wife’s 2009 Shooting Death

Published on March 14, 2024

A retired Quebec judge who had been facing a second murder trial in his wife’s 2009 shooting death has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Jacques Delisle’s lawyer told a Quebec City courtroom today that his client did not shoot Marie Nicole Rainville but he caused her death by leaving a loaded gun next to her, at her request. Mr. Delisle was convicted in 2012 of fatally shooting his wife and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. The 88-year-old former Quebec Court of Appeal judge spent nine years behind bars before being freed in 2021 when the federal justice minister ordered a new trial after reviewing evidence and concluding a miscarriage of justice had likely occurred....

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