Town Council Proclamation -- Wrongful Conviction Day

WHEREAS on Wrongful Conviction Day (October 2, 2025), we raise awareness of the tremendous personal, social and legal costs associated with wrongful criminal convictions.

It is important to note that a person’ s fundamental rights and freedoms are taken away from them when they are wrongfully convicted.

Wrongful Conviction Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about those who have been wrongfully convicted and to educate people on the causes, consequences and complications that lead to wrongful convictions, in the hopes of preventing them from occurring.

The Town of Bridgewater acknowledges with gratitude organizations and individuals who work hard to overturn false convictions and ensure the wrongly convicted can receive the justice they rightfully deserve.

NOW THEREFORE, I, Mayor David Mitchell, on behalf of Bridgewater Town Council, do hereby proclaim October 2, 2025, as “Wrongful Conviction Day” in the Town of Bridgewater.

Signed this 22nd day of September 2025, at Bridgewater, in the County of Lunenburg, in the Province of Nova Scotia.

-- From the Regular Meeting of Bridgewater Town Council
Monday, September 22, 2025