安大略最高法院推翻了Timothy Rees1990年对Darla Thurrott1989年死亡案的谋杀罪定罪,导致撤销指控。 Ontario’s top court overturns Timothy Rees’ 1990 murder conviction in Darla Thurrott’s 1989 death, leading to dropped charges.

安大略最高法院推翻了对Timothy Rees的1990年判决后,撤销了对Timothy Rees的谋杀罪指控。 1990年他因1989年13岁的Darla Thurrott死亡而被定罪,裁定扣留证据破坏了公平审判。 A murder charge against Timothy Rees has been dropped after Ontario’s top court overturned his 1990 conviction in the 1989 death of 13-year-old Darla Thurrott, ruling that withheld evidence undermined a fair trial. 法院引用了以前未公开的警官与受害人房东谈话的记录,其中包括与Darla事先接触的相互矛盾的陈述和建议,可能支持第三方嫌疑人。 The court cited a previously undisclosed recording of a police officer’s conversation with the victim’s landlord, which included conflicting statements and suggestions of prior contact with Darla, potentially supporting a third-party suspect. 检察官以时间流逝和公共利益为由,决定不重审此案。 Prosecutors decided not to retry the case, citing the passage of time and public interest. Rees在狱中度过了20多年, 2009年获得假释, Rees, who spent over 20 years in prison and was released on parole in 2009, expressed relief but frustration over investigators’ failure to disclose the evidence. 该决定突出了检察透明度和司法系统问责制方面的系统性问题。 The decision highlights systemic issues in prosecutorial transparency and justice system accountability.