Ah, I wish I had an exact answer to that question. I think in the work we're doing, we're looking for new and significant information that, if it had been used at trial, could have changed the outcome of the actual trial. We start with the applicant: What do you think? Could there be something there?
Contrary to what people think, DNA is rarely evident in these cases. I think 10% of cases have DNA evidence. So it's really like detective work. In an innocence project, we try to get hold of police files and Crown files. We phone and we phone and we show up and we don't get them. They delay, delay, delay, delay, delay. I think a commission will have better powers for having access to that kind of information, which would significantly reduce the delay in finding the new matters.