A judge dismissed murder charges against three men due to a wrongful 2023 strip search at a Canadian prison.

An Ontario judge has stayed first-degree murder charges against three men accused in the 2022 shooting of Arman Dhillon, ruling that their Charter rights were violated during a 2023 mass strip search at Maplehurst Correctional Complex. Justice Clayton Conlan found the operation—marked by zip ties, forced nudity, and hours of confinement—was vengeful, not security-driven, and part of systemic failures including destroyed evidence and false testimony. The decision, citing widespread misconduct and a culture of impunity, halts the case and underscores deep flaws in Ontario’s correctional system, prompting an ombudsman investigation and threatening other prosecutions.