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Ron Dalton speaks about his conviction with Breakfast Television

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Ron Dalton was wrongfully convicted in his wife Brenda's death. He now works with Innocence Canada (formerly Association In Defence Of The Wrongly Convicted). He and Win Wahrer spoke to Breakfast Television about his ordeal.

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Video: Wrongful conviction and 12-year sentence leads to life of activism - CityNews Toronto

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Ron Dalton was wrongfully convicted in his wife Brenda's death. He now works with Innocence Canada (formerly Association In Defence Of The Wrongly Convicted). He and Win Wahrer spoke to Breakfast Television about his ordeal.

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The Ron Dalton Story - Struggle for Justice

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This is "The Ron Dalton Story - Struggle for Justice" by on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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This link tells of the compensation Ron received and what he thinks of it all.

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Ronald Dalton says no sum will evermakeupfor the eight years he spent in prison waiting for the appeal that would ultimately clear him in his wife's death.

The Newfoundland and Labrador government announced Friday it will pay $750,000 to Dalton for its part in the lengthy delays that Dalton endured in ultimately obtaining a new trial.

"I spent 8½ years in a maximum security prison. My children were orphaned for 10 years when I wasn't around," Dalton said.

"We've been in this ordeal for 19½ years. I've lost a lot of good years."

Dalton, a former Gander bank manager, was convicted of murdering his wife, Brenda Dalton, although the jury in the second trial sided with forensic evidence that showed Brenda Dalton had not been choked, but had accidentally choked on cereal.

Dalton, who was acquitted in 2000, was one of three cases studied by retired Supreme Court of Canada justice Antonio Lamer at an inquiry that exposed numerous and serious problems in Newfoundland and Labrador's criminal justice system.

Lamer, whose report was released in 2006, found Dalton was failed by defence lawyers who did little to advance his appeal.

Dalton, who is planning lawsuits against his defence lawyers, was pleased that the provincial government followed through on the apology it made to him last year.

"We don't have to worry about the next court appearance and still...rehash this old stuff. We don't have to go on and convince somebody that we were wronged," said Dalton, who now lives in St. John's.

"Finally, somebody's cut a cheque."

The Newfoundland and Labrador government has already compensated Gregory Parsons and Randy Druken, who have both also been declared wrongfully convicted of murder.

Lamer criticized prosecutors in the Parsons and Druken cases of "tunnel vision" and overzealous practices.

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Compensation doesn't buy back lost years: Dalton | CBC News

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Ronald Dalton says no sum will evermakeupfor the eight years he spent in prison waiting for the appeal that would ultimately clear him in his wife's death. The Newfoundland and Labrador government announced Friday it will pay $750,000 to Dalton for its part in the lengthy delays that Dalton endured in ultimately obtaining a new trial.

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Through this link, you will find out more about Ron's case & exoneration

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Distribution of Cases by Type of Conviction

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Distribution of Cases by Type of Conviction

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In this graph, you will see the amount of cases per type of conviction.

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Geographical Distribution of Cases Under Review

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Geographical Distribution of Cases Under Review

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This pie chart shows the percent of cases currently under review. Innocence Canada reviews cases all over the country and continues to look for new, significant evidence.

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Ron Dalton speaks about the death penalty 

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Ron Dalton speaks about the death penalty 

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In this video, Ron speaks about Canada's faulty justice system, and how innocent people would not be alive, if the death penalty was still around.

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Ronald Dalton - Wrongly Convicted of Murder, Jailed 8½ yrs.

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Ronald Dalton - Wrongly Convicted of Murder, Incarcerated for 8½ years, speaks about the death penalty.

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Through this link, you will learn about some of the causes for people to be wrongly convicted.

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The Legal Path to Exoneration - Innocence Canada

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A convicted person only has an automatic right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada if the decision reached at the Court of Appeal level is not unanimous. Otherwise, the convicted person must seek "leave to appeal" (i.e. permission to appeal) to have his or her matter heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.