CRIM 2652 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Last Meal, Paul Bernardo, False Confession
28 Mar 2017
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Crim 2652 lecture 18 guest lecturer: james lockyer wrongly convicted. Helps those wrongfully convicted, not so much the guilty. Wrongful convictions overturned: 11/12: 696: right of attorney general of canada to appeal. In harper years cjs took server hits. Government that move further from real justice in direction of law and order. Law and order atmosphere generate wrongful convictions. Young minorities facing charge with minimum penalty under that pressure offered plea of guilty for less serious penalty. Pressures for 18 year old recent immigrant facing prospect in system cannot understand. Weak lawyer telling you to admit guilt even if you didn"t do it. In order to aviod far severe penalty take the plea. 2001 supreme court united states of america berns and rafe. Two men in 20s arrrested in vancouver warrant wanted in washington for murder of rafes murder. Back in 90s carried out by hanging you. There case went to supreme court of canada.
