Jacques Delisle
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Jacques Delisle (May 4, 1935 – August 10, 2024) was a Canadian judge who sat on the Quebec Superior Court from 1985 to 1992, and on the Quebec Court of Appeal from 1992 until his retirement in 2009.[1][2][3] In June 2010, he was arrested, charged and subsequently convicted of murder, in connection with the November 2009 death of his wife Marie-Nicole Rainville.[4]
Delisle was the first judge in Canadian history to be charged with murder.[5] His trial began in May 2012;[6] it had been scheduled to begin in 2011, but was delayed after one of the prosecutors withdrew.[7] On June 14, 2012, Delisle was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing his wife.[8]
He subsequently appealed his conviction;[9] in May 2013, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the decision,[10] and in December 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear his case.[11]
