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UPDATED/POLL: Supreme Court upholds mother’s acquittal in Walmart baby case

Submitted on May 16, 2013 - 5:03pm

UPDATED/POLL: Supreme Court upholds mother’s acquittal in Walmart baby case
By James Bowler paNOW Staff

The Supreme Court of Canada decided to uphold the acquittal of a mother who left her newborn child in a Prince Albert Walmart washroom in 2007, dismissing a Crown appeal.

In a five-to-two vote, the Supreme Court agreed with the reasons for the acquittal of April Dawn Halkett.

Was the Supreme Court right in upholding April Halkett's acquittal?

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