Saturday, August 21, 2010

In what cases did the Canadian Criminal Justice System wrongfully convict a person for a crime?

I need this for a law project....


Can any one, give me a few examples, I have trouble finding some.....


I know there was some case where there was a man who was charged killing a girl. But later they found that it was impossible for him to kill her, after something like 10 years. They did not find the real killer, because the police around that time were idiots and they ruined the evidence at the scene of the crime, and they contaminated all the evdience. Not even roping the area off.....





I'm sorry that's not very helpful but that's all i remember of that case.....





Can anyone tell me what case it may be, or also tell me other cases where the justice system failed because either it was the court's fault the police's fault or whatever?





ThanksIn what cases did the Canadian Criminal Justice System wrongfully convict a person for a crime?
The case you described sounds like the Guy Paul Morin case. He was convicted of murdering his neighbour's daughter, and was later released on appeal. Since then, DNA evidence has shown that he did not commit the crime.





There have been a number of cases like this in Canadian Legal history (nut I can't remember all the names now)In what cases did the Canadian Criminal Justice System wrongfully convict a person for a crime?
There was the Donald Marshall case - he was convicted of murdering Sandy Seal, then after he spent 14 years in prison, he was released when it was found that someone else committed the murder. He was native, and this occurred in Cape Breton, NS.





The case that you may have been thinking of was one out west, when David Milgard was convicted of killing a nurse, then was freed due to DNA evidence.





There was also the case of James Driskell, who spent 13 years in prison for murdering his friend Perry Harder because of incompetence on the part of the police and prosecutors.


The Newfoundland and Labrador government awarded Randy Druken $2.1 million Thursday in a bid to provide closure for a man who spent six years in jail for a murder he did not commit.





Druken was wrongfully convicted of the June 1993 stabbing of his girlfriend, Brenda Young, largely based on the testimony of a jailhouse informant who later recanted his story. After six years behind bars, Druken was granted an appeal, the conviction was overturned and the charge was eventually stayed
guy morin..milgaurd something and donnie marshall..hope it helps
could be steven truscott

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