Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Steven Truscott, Miscarriage, Test Market
18 Mar 2018
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Jurisdictional and communication limitations: de ciencies in police training and technologies. Misunderstanding of mental health and abuse of the system: ncr. Tipping point - or - critical mass. The problems with dna evidence in canada. Lynne harper: murdered june 9th, 1959 in clinton, on. Found 2 days later in a woodlot. Had been brutally beaten, raped and strangled by her own blouse. Charged and convicted and sentenced initially to death and for the murder of lynne. He was tried as an adult and convicted of capital murder sept 30th 1959. One of the largest miscarriage of justice cases in canadian history. Rush to judgement to nd lynne harpers killer leg to the wrongful conviction of. Steven truscott which ultimately changed the policing landscape and the justice system as a whole in canada. Was not formally acquitted until 2007 and lynne harper"s case remains unsolved and extremely old. The hangover: the defeatist under current within the opp.
