Truth and Honour explores the 2011 murder of Saint John businessman
Richard Oland, of the prominent family that owns Moosehead Breweries,
the ensuing police investigation and the arrest, trial, and conviction
of the victim's son, Dennis Oland, for second -degree murder.
Oland's trial would be the most publicized in New Brunswick history.
What the trial judge called "a family tragedy of Shakespearian
proportions," this real-life murder mystery included adultery, family
dysfunction, largely circumstantial evidence, allegations of police
incompetence, a high-powered legal defence, and a verdict that shocked
the community.
Today, the Oland family maintains Dennis Oland's innocence. Author Greg
Marquis, a professor of Canadian history at the University of New
Brunswick Saint John, leads readers through the case, from the discovery
of the crime to the conviction and sentencing of the defendant. Offering
multiple perspectives, Truth and Honour explores this question: was
Dennis Oland responsible for the death of his father?