A former Quebec Court of Appeal judge, Jacques Delisle, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his wife. The plea comes after nearly 15 years of legal battles and an initial first-degree murder conviction. He was sentenced to time served plus a day, and shortly after, he left the courthouse a free man.
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