Thomas Sophonow (born March 1953) is a Canadian who was wrongfully convicted of murder and whose case was the subject of a major judicial inquiry. Sophonow was tried three times in the 1981 murder of doughnut-shop clerk Barbara Stoppel. Sophonow spent four years imprisoned. In 1985, he was acquitted by the

Manitoba Court of Appeal The Manitoba Court of Appeal (french: Cour d'appel du Manitoba) is the court of appeal in, and the highest court of, the Canadian province of Manitoba. It hears criminal, civil, and family law cases, as well as appeals from various administrative ...

.Canada's wrongful convictions - Cases where the courts got it wrong
Retrieved April 21, 2011. A commission of inquiry was called by the province of Manitoba which led to the 2001 release of the ''Thomas Sophonow Inquiry Report''.
Retrieved April 21, 2011.
Retrieved April 21, 2011. This inquiry was led by former Supreme Court justice

Peter Cory Peter deCarteret Cory, (October 25, 1925 – April 7, 2020) was a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, from 1989 to 1999. Early life and education Born in Windsor, Ontario, the son of Andrew and Mildred (Beresford Howe) Cory, he was educ ...

. As a result of this report, Manitoba revised its policy of using prisoners in-custody as informants. This policy is located at Appendix ''F'' of the report.Thomas Sophonow Inquiry Report
Retrieved April 21, 2011. The inquiry also made 43 recommendations of which 11 related to the Province of Manitoba.

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