Thomas Sophonow (born March 1953[1]) is a Canadian who was wrongfully convicted of murder and whose case was the subject of a major judicial inquiry.
Sophonow was tried three times in the 1981 murder of doughnut-shop clerk Barbara Stoppel.
[3][4][5] This inquiry was led by former Supreme Court justice Peter Cory.
[2] As a result of this report, Manitoba revised its policy of using prisoners in-custody as informants.
[6] The inquiry also made 43 recommendations[2] of which 11 related to the Province of Manitoba.