# Adam Capay

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'''Adam Capay''' is a [Lac Seul First Nation](/source/Lac_Seul_First_Nation) man who was charged with [first degree murder](/source/first_degree_murder) for the 2012 death of Sherman Quisses.  At the time both men were inmates at Thunder Bay Correctional Centre in [Thunder Bay, Ontario](/source/Thunder_Bay%2C_Ontario) in Canada. Capay was later released from prison. 

Capay was 19 years old at the time of the incident and Quisees was 34.  Capay allegedly stabbed Quisees to death during a prison altercation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Jody |date=21 March 2017 |title='He was murdered, he deserves justice,' First Nations family disturbed by court delays |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/sherman-quisses-family-1.4034641 |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=[CBC News](/source/CBC_News)}}</ref>

== Imprisonment and release ==
While awaiting trial, Capay served approximately four and a half years in [solitary confinement](/source/solitary_confinement).  During this confinement, Capay spent time in a [plexiglass](/source/plexiglass) cell with constant glaring lights.  His lawyers later argued that these conditions constituted [cruel and unusual punishment](/source/cruel_and_unusual_punishment) on a [legal motion](/source/legal_motion) they brought to stay the charges.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-01-28 |title=Judge issues stay in case of Adam Capay, who spent years in solitary confinement |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-judge-issues-stay-in-adam-capay-case/ |access-date=2026-05-10 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}</ref>

In Thunder Bay, Justice John S. Fregeau stayed the charges against Capay, ruling that the violation of Capay's rights under the [Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms](/source/Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms) outweighed the government charges. The [Government of Ontario](/source/Government_of_Ontario) did not appeal Fregeau's decision.  Capay was released from prison on January 29, 2019, now 26 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |title=R. v. Capay, 2019 ONSC 535 (CanLII) |url=https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2019/2019onsc535/2019onsc535.html?autocompleteStr=capay&autocompletePos=1#_Toc535917251 |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=[Canadian Legal Information Institute](/source/Canadian_Legal_Information_Institute)}}</ref>

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