In Canadian cases, DNA is rarely available to establish innocence, particularly in historical cases. Instead, one must think creatively when looking at other systemic factors, such as false confession or the failure to disclose key evidence, to meet the criteria for a review. Recently, Innocence Canada has developed a protocol to examine cases through a modern lens. For example, in a 1973 murder case involving four young Indigenous men, lawyers with Innocence Canada successfully argued that systemic racism permeated all aspects of the criminal justice process, including investigatory, prosecutorial, and judicial. This is the first case in which the minister of justice accepted this argument, the court formally declared innocence, and an apology was issued by the court and the provincial government. This panel will discuss systemic issues like racism, the holistic process undertaken to develop this argument, and the experts, such as a forensic linguist, who provided support by analyzing the facts with a modern world view.