About this episode

This episode covers the murder trial of Adam Cormack, the conviction of Edward Penner, and the subsequent appeal that overturned the verdict.

In June 2017, twenty-five-year-old Adam Cormack was shot once in the head and left near a gravel pit outside Whitehorse, Yukon. Within days, Yukon RCMP had a suspect in custody: Edward Penner. Two years later, a jury convicted Penner of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for twenty-five years. That should have been the end of it. It wasn't. In 2025, the Yukon Court of Appeal overturned Penner's conviction, and a new murder trial was ordered from the beginning. In this episode, we take you through the Adam Cormack murder trial: the evidence, the witnesses who testified, the appeal that unraveled the verdict, and the retrial still ahead. We hear directly from Adam's mother, Theresa Cormack, and a close family friend, on what it's meant to keep fighting for justice for Adam inside Canada's justice system. PLEASE READ: Some TNTC+ episodes may be released publicly in the future. TNTC+ subscribers will always get first access. -- Music Composed by: Sayer Roberts - https://soundcloud.com/user-135673977 // shorturl.at/mFPZ0 Subscribe to TNTC+ on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/TNTC Join our Patreon: www.patreon.com/tntcpod Merch…

People in this episode

Guest: Theresa Cormack

Topics covered

• murder trial
• justice system
• appeal
• first-degree murder
• family impact

Keywords

• Adam Cormack
• Edward Penner
• Yukon RCMP
• murder trial
• justice system
• appeal
• first-degree murder

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yukon RCMP

Places: Whitehorse, Yukon

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