A wrongfully convicted New Brunswick man who spent decades trying to clear his name before being declared innocent by a judge in January has died at the age of 80.

Innocence Canada, the organization that led the legal fight to exonerate Walter Gillespie and his friend Robert Mailman of their 1984 murder convictions, says Gillespie died Friday in his home in Saint John, N.B.

Innocence Canada, the organization that led the legal fight to exonerate Walter Gillespie and his friend Robert Mailman of their 1984 murder convictions, says Gillespie died Friday in his home in Saint John, N.B.{ai:summary}<p>Man wrongfully convicted finally declared innocent after decades, dies at 80. Organization that fought for his exoneration confirms his death in Saint John, N.B. #crime</p>

New Brunswick man who spent decades in prison dies soon after clearing his name

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