The Quebec Superior Court and the Quebec Appeals Court usually rubber-stamp the laws passed in bills by the Quebec government. It s the Canadian Supreme Court which judges Canadian constitutionality and
Former Quebec Court of Appeal judge Jacques Delisle walks out of a courtroom May 9, 2012, in Quebec City. Delisle, sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife, says he helped her die by suicide. Photo by Jacques Boissinot /The Canadian Press files
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Former Quebec Appeals Court judge Jacques Delisle, found guilty in 2012 of the murder of his wife, was ordered released from prison pending the start of a new trial.
Superior Court Justice François Huot accepted the request to release the 85-year-old JacquesDelisle following a 15-minute hearing at the Quebec City courthouse.
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