Quebec man seeks bail as Ottawa investigates 1994 murder conviction

By Canadian Press on December 17, 2025.

MONTREAL — A Quebec man who spent more than 33 years behind bars for four murders will find out at the end of the week if he will get bail.

Daniel Jolivet, now 68, was convicted in 1994 of four murders in Brossard, Que., south of Montreal.

The evidence at the trial hinged largely on the testimony of an informant, and Jolivet has always maintained his innocence in the November 1992 shooting deaths of two men and two women.

In October, the federal government announced there were reasonable grounds to believe a miscarriage of justice occurred in the case and the Justice Department’s criminal conviction review group confirmed it will investigate.

That came weeks after the Crown said it had reasonable grounds to conclude that Jolivet did not receive a fair and equitable trial and that not all the evidence available was disclosed to his lawyer.

Quebec Superior Court Justice Lyne Décarie is scheduled to render a decision about the case on Friday afternoon in Montreal.