In what is the latest chapter in a long, high-profile murder case, the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the ordering of a new trial for Jennifer Pan, an Ontario woman who had been convicted of first-degree murder for allegedly having her mother killed in a murder-for-hire plot involving a home invasion. The majority of the high court confirmed the trial judge was wrong in refusing to put a third, “air of reality” scenario to the jury, which would have made them consider the lesser offences of second-degree murder or manslaughter. R. v. Pan, 2025 SCC 12. MORE TO COME.