Edmonton man gets bail with murder conviction overturned after 36 years behind bars
Roy Sobotiak was convicted of second-degree murder in the 1987 killing of Edmonton mother Susan Kaminsky. But after the federal justice minister ordered a new trial this year, a judge granted Sobotiak's release on Friday, saying he is now considered legally innocent.
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