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Human smuggler, who caused death of Indian family, asks US court to quash conviction, sentence

A man convicted in a human smuggling case linked to the deaths of an Indian family at the US-Canada border has moved an appeals court seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence, reports CBC News.

Steve Shand, one of two men found guilty in 2024, has asked the court to quash the verdict and send the case back to a lower court for a retrial “and/or other appropriate proceedings”, according to a court filing submitted on Tuesday.

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