The province is appealing a judge’s decision to throw out first-degree murder charges because of the abuse the accused suffered in jail while awaiting trial.

In an October ruling that sent shock waves through the legal community, Superior Court Justice Clayton Conlan stayed the charges against three men accused of committing an execution-style killing after hearing a month’s worth of evidence about the mass strip search of nearly 200 inmates at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in December 2023.

Conlan described the treatment the inmates received as being “akin to torture.” His scathing, 113-page ruling also made clear that his decision to effectively end the prosecution was as much about the attempts by jail officials to cover up what happene d and then further lie about it i

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