David Steeves
@dlsteeves.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, and Lawyer/Avocat (LL.B. & LL.M).
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Lance/Aquakulture is asking the community for financial support for this work. If you are able, please consider this very worthy cause. It's an act for justice.
Please contribute towards legal expenses to exonerate Daniel Perry Sampson
Please support us in exonerating Daniel Perry Sampson. Any amount you’re willing to contribute is greatly appreciated and will help us begin to heal from the legacy of a terrible wrong.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Lance/Aquakulture is asking the community for financial support for this work. If you are able, please consider this very worthy cause. It's an act for justice.
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But there's still work to be done. The application takes time and money. Lawyer David Steeves is providing his services pro bono (at no cost to the Sampson family), but there are still filing fees and the like, which could cost upwards of $32,500.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
But there's still work to be done. The application takes time and money. Lawyer David Steeves is providing his services pro bono (at no cost to the Sampson family), but there are still filing fees and the like, which could cost upwards of $32,500.
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Should Daniel Sampson be exonerated, it will be the oldest criminal conviction in Canadian history to be overturned, and it will be the ONLY case of an executed person to be exonerated.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Should Daniel Sampson be exonerated, it will be the oldest criminal conviction in Canadian history to be overturned, and it will be the ONLY case of an executed person to be exonerated.
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It's important to overturn Daniel's conviction.
It's important for the legacy of Daniel himself; for the Sampson family and Lance; and because it speaks truth to the continued harms police have visited upon the Black community in Nova Scotia in the 90 years since.
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It's important for the legacy of Daniel himself; for the Sampson family and Lance; and because it speaks truth to the continued harms police have visited upon the Black community in Nova Scotia in the 90 years since.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It's important to overturn Daniel's conviction.
It's important for the legacy of Daniel himself; for the Sampson family and Lance; and because it speaks truth to the continued harms police have visited upon the Black community in Nova Scotia in the 90 years since.
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It's important for the legacy of Daniel himself; for the Sampson family and Lance; and because it speaks truth to the continued harms police have visited upon the Black community in Nova Scotia in the 90 years since.
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As Halifax Examiner readers know, Daniel Sampson was the last person executed in Halifax, 1935.
He was innocent.
Daniel Sampson was framed by the RCMP for a crime he did not commit, and murdered by the state.
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He was innocent.
Daniel Sampson was framed by the RCMP for a crime he did not commit, and murdered by the state.
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Part 4: The Wrongful Conviction and Execution of Daniel Sampson - Halifax Examiner
Sampson could be falsely charged, framed, and murdered by the state because he was powerless. He was a poor Black man in the deeply racist city of Halifax, and he had an intellectual disability that l...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
As Halifax Examiner readers know, Daniel Sampson was the last person executed in Halifax, 1935.
He was innocent.
Daniel Sampson was framed by the RCMP for a crime he did not commit, and murdered by the state.
2/6
He was innocent.
Daniel Sampson was framed by the RCMP for a crime he did not commit, and murdered by the state.
2/6
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The last person executed in Halifax was Daniel Sampson, who was hanged at the County Jail behind the courthouse on Spring Garden Road on March 7, 1935. Sampson was an innocent man, murdered by the state. He is the subject of my “Policing Panic” series. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/nova-scotias...
Nova Scotia's Policing Panic - Halifax Examiner
A special investigative series by Tim Bousquet. In some ways this is the origin story both of policing in Nova Scotia and of how Black people in particular are policed in Nova Scotia. It’s the story o...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
April 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The last person executed in Halifax was Daniel Sampson, who was hanged at the County Jail behind the courthouse on Spring Garden Road on March 7, 1935. Sampson was an innocent man, murdered by the state. He is the subject of my “Policing Panic” series. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/nova-scotias...
My clients look forward to the review of the fresh evidence contained in their Application that is currently before the Minister of Justice (Criminal Conviction Review Group).
April 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My clients look forward to the review of the fresh evidence contained in their Application that is currently before the Minister of Justice (Criminal Conviction Review Group).
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March 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Le Beau is solid. The owner trained with a MOF baker in France. Big fan of their pain au chocolat and sesame twists. Lots of other options (including an almond croissant).