The head of Quebec’s Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DCPC) wants former federal justice minister David Lametti to publicly justify his decision to order a retrial for former Quebec judge Jacques Delisle back in 2021.
DCPC head Patrick Michel spoke with Radio-Canada’s Enquête program last week — a day after Delisle pleaded guilty to manslaughter in his wife’s death, ending a 15-year judicial saga.
Now that the legal battle is finally over, Michel says he’s still yet to see any justification for Lametti’s decision to order a retrial for Delisle, who had originally been convicted of murder.
“We still don’t understand what could have convinced the minister,”
