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POSTHUMOUS EXONERATION • Canada has recently issued two posthumous exonerations: • On May 23, 2019 Chief Pihtokahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker) was exonerated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Poundmaker had been wrongfully convicted of treason-felony for his participation in the North-West Resistance of 1885.
Pardons (now called “record suspensions”) allowed people who were convicted of a criminal offence, but had since demonstrated that they were law-abiding citizens, to have their record of conviction be kept separate and apart from other criminal records.
Professor Bumsted sets out the case for a pardon as follows: At the beginning of the 21st century there is little doubt that Louis Riel should receive a posthumous pardon. He should be pardoned partly so that he can take his rightful and undisputed place as the Father of Manitoba.
Feb 8, 2023 · Posthumous Exonerations. Almost all exonerees live to see their exonerations, but 25 of the first 3,365 exonerees in the Registry—less than 1%—did not. These posthumous exonerations can be found by clicking the PH code under “Tags” on the Registry website.
The need for a listing of posthumous pardons stems from the widespread belief that such pardons are rare and inappropriate. The list shows that while posthumous pardons are by no means common, they are becoming increasingly less rare. As for the question of appropriateness, I think that the case descriptions
Except in extraordinary circumstances, involving the most clearly proven and outrageous injustices, when the putative beneficiary is already dead, a pardon is an ill-chosen vehicle for the delivery of nebulous symbolic benefits. INTRODUCTION.
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Posthumous pardoning is a form of symbolic redemption from the unintended consequences of posthumous punishment. From the perspective of historic justice the military executions were intelligible and generally consistent with historic values and military justice and procedures at the time.
