Guilty conscience?  Canadian judge donates one million dollars...

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Retired Judge Donates One Million Dollars To Overturn Unjust Convictions

"You know, the state has unlimited resources," (Corbett) said. "We have a wonderful justice system in Canada, but I have often thought that there is a one-sided balance. Mistakes can and do happen. Prosecutors take a more adversarial position nowadays, and there needs to be a counterbalance.

(Former Judge) Cartwright said he only wished there was an organization like AIDWYC he could have donated money to 40 or 50 year ago, when Canada still had capital punishment.

"I just hate to think of the number of people who have been hanged," he said. "Some innocent people have definitely been hung, because the evidence against them just wasn't there."