An Indigenous man convicted of killing a restaurant worker 50 years ago was acquitted Thursday by a judge who called the case a wrongful conviction that involved systemic discrimination.

Clarence Woodhouse, 72, held up his court papers, along with a T-shirt that said 91裸聊视频淚nnocent91裸聊视频�, outside court. He told reporters he is looking forward to spending time with his son and grandchildren.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檒l probably just relax,91裸聊视频� Woodhouse said in a quiet voice.

Woodhouse is the third man to be exonerated in the 1974 death of Ting Fong Chan, a chef who was beaten and stabbed near a downtown construction site. Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse were acquitted last year.

The federal justice minister ordered a review of their case as likely miscarriages of justice. The convictions were based largely on statements given to police that were fluent in English, including what prosecutors called a signed confession by Anderson.

The men91裸聊视频檚 lawyers argued that the statements to police were not legitimate. Clarence Woodhouse and Anderson were not fluent in English and spoke Salteaux as a first language.

A Crown attorney told court Thursday that police coerced and manufactured the statement from Woodhouse, whose limited English was evident at trial. He was not provided an interpreter.

91裸聊视频淥ur justice system failed to provide Mr. Woodhouse and his co-accused a fair trial,91裸聊视频� Michele Jules said.

Chief Justice Glenn Joyal of the Court of King91裸聊视频檚 Bench apologized on behalf of the justice system to Woodhouse, who spent more than a decade behind bars before being released on parole.

91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 nothing I can say to you that can give you back those 12 years,91裸聊视频� Joyal said.

91裸聊视频淵ou were wrongfully convicted. You were innocent.91裸聊视频�

Joyal spoke at length about past wrongdoings of the justice system and efforts being made to move toward 91裸聊视频渏udicial reconciliation.91裸聊视频�

Anderson served almost 11 years and was given full parole in 1987. Allan Woodhouse served 23 years. The two are suing three levels of government, saying their imprisonment was the result of racial discrimination.

A fourth man 91裸聊视频� Russell Woodhouse, Clarence Woodhouse91裸聊视频檚 brother 91裸聊视频� was also convicted. He died in 2011.

James Lockyer, a lawyer and director with Innocence Canada, which has represented all three men, has said there needs to be an examination of homicide convictions involving Indigenous people over the last five decades in Manitoba.

Jerome Kennedy, another lawyer with the group, said outside court Thursday that Innocence Canada is also working on cases involving Indigenous men in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario that are moving toward a request for a review by the federal justice minister

He said he91裸聊视频檇 like to see a national effort, led by the federal government, to take on wrongful convictions and reach out to people behind bars.

91裸聊视频淭here appears to be a deeper systemic issue that requires a targeted approach,91裸聊视频� Kennedy said.

91裸聊视频淪tatistically, we know that with the disproportionate number of Indigenous people in jail that there has to be wrongful convictions. Oftentimes, these people don91裸聊视频檛 know who to reach out to or how to reach out.91裸聊视频�

Later Thursday, Woodhouse met with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew at the legislature.

91裸聊视频淚 think the main thing we want to get across is to apologize and say we91裸聊视频檙e sorry,91裸聊视频� Kinew said.