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He was one of the country’s most respected judges who went from the bench to behind bars. The first judge in Canada ever to be convicted of murder. Sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife. The Fifth Estate: Jacques Delisle, Murder and the Judge, CBC 2015
A marriage that had lasted nearly fifty years. ibid.
At first it certainly looked like suicide. ibid.
Delisle was leading a double life: he had been in a relationship with his former secretary for years. ibid.
He says he cocked the weapon and left it on the table beside her. ibid.
‘Please, Nicole, think what you want to do … I pleaded with her.’ ibid. husband to wife
‘There are innocent persons in prison. You have one in front of you.’ ibid. Delisle interview