WHEREAS on Wrongful Conviction Day (October 2), 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, be it resolved that I, Mayor David Mitchell, on behalf of Town of Bridgewater Council, do hereby proclaim the day of October 2nd as "Wrongful Conviction Day" In the Town of Bridgewater.
Dated this 28th day of September, 2026
at Bridgewater, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.
