Tough Decision: Attorney-General Howard Hampton says province has no grounds to appeal the acquittals of the officers in the Wade Lawson shooting

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Tough Decision: Attorney-General Howard Hampton says province has no grounds to appeal the acquittals of the officers in the Wade Lawson shooting

Date5/8/1992

Names

Bull, Ron (photographer)

Hampton, Howard, 1952- (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Tough Decision: Attorney-General Howard Hampton says province has no grounds to appeal the acquittals of the officers in the Wade Lawson shooting.

Subject

Politicians

Portraits

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0052847F

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