Distinguished Canadian civil rights lawyer and giant of the legal profession Clayton Ruby has died at the age of 80.
Posted: Aug 03, 2022 11:47 AM ET | Last Updated: 14 minutes agoRuby, who received the Order of Canada in 2005, died Tuesday. His law firm Ruby Shiller Enenajor DiGiuseppe said that Ruby died peacefully, surrounded by his family.
In his entry on the Governor General's Order of Canada website, Ruby is described as "a prominent criminal lawyer whose reputation extends across the country [who] devoted his career to the promotion of justice." During his celebrated career, he took on some of the country's most notable cases, including the wrongful conviction of Guy Paul Morin, who was accused of killing nine-year-old Christine Jessop in 1984, before being cleared.
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