OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for two Qmen to be extradited to New Hampshire to face trial in a decades-old double murder.
Anthony Barnaby and David Caplin are wanted by American authorities in a renewed investigation into the 1988 killings of Charlene Ranstrom and Brenda Warner.
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Barnaby was tried three times in the killings, but each trial ended in a hung jury and charges were dismissed after the third mistrial.
The Quebec Court of Appeal blocked his extradition, saying a fourth trial was an abuse of the system, but approved the extradition of Caplin, who was charged but never tried after key evidence was ordered excluded.
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The investigation was re-opened in 2010 when new DNA testing was used and the extradition case started in 2011.
The Supreme Court justices ruled from the bench after a brief hearing, but did not make the reasons for their decision immediately available.
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