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Justice miscarried : inside wrongful convictions in Canada
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- ISBN: 9781554888740 (sc.)
- ISBN: 1554888743 (sc.)
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Physical Description:
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232 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Nov 11 |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references(p. [214]-226), Internet addresses (p. [208]-215) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1, Police investigation: Making the case -- Unreliable witnesses: the David Milgaard case -- Racism: the Donald Marshall, Jr. case -- Cooking up evidence: The Jason Dix case -- False confession: The Simon Marshall case -- Witholding evidence: The Gary Staples case -- Part II, Forensic investigation: Nailing the evidence -- Jailhouse informants and faulty forensics: The Guy Paul Morin case -- Deadly cereal: The Ronald Dalton case -- Down the stairs: the Clayton Johnson case -- Natural causes: The William Mullins-Johnson case -- Part III, Before the court: Pleading the case -- Prosecutorial misconduct: The Thomas Sophonow case -- Eyewitness misidentification: The Michel Dumont case -- Questionable tactics: The case of Gordon Folland -- Other cases of wrongful conviction in Canada -- Compensations for wrongful convictions -- Commissions of inquiry into wrongful convictions in Canada. |
| Target Audience Note: | All Ages. |
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| Subject: | Judicial error -- Canada False imprisonment -- Canada |
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Summary:
Looks at judicial error and wrongful conviction in Canada, including the cases of David Milgaard, Donald Marshall, Guy Paul Morin, and Clayton Johnson.
