Sociology 3312A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jury Tampering, Homicide, Visible Minority
18 Dec 2017
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Week 2: history of wrongful convictions and aidwyc. Canada"s report on the prevention of miscarriages of justice. 2004: fpt report prepared by the canadian-provincial-territorial heads of prosecutions committee - the report responds to several wrongful convictions throughout canada and contains an international review of developments in addressing wrongful conviction s. Public inquiries held in response to high-profile wrongful conviction cases. Canadian government admits to such miscarriages of justice through these inquiries and is willing to take action to prevent future miscarriages of justice. Prior to the fpt report, canada already held three inquiries regarding the following individuals: Donald marshall - spent 11 years in prison foe the murder of seventeen year old sandy seale in sydney, nova scotia. Guy paul morin - convicted for the murder of high nine year old neighbour christine jessop - dna testing exonerated morin 10 years and two trials later.
