CRIM 2652 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Eyewitness Identification, Informant, Donald Marshall, Jr.
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Guest lecturer : prisons, alternatives, sentencing, prisoner"s rights, theme of myth of the system, what prisons exist in canada mental health ones, prisons (rehab inside of them), immigration detention centres, police lock ups. Socio-historic context changes in sentencing (elimination of the death penalty) Innocence canada non-profit organization, work on murder: sparked by paul margange who was falsely accused of sexual assault, they work on overturning wrongful convictions, three stages: 1. Reviewing 696 application: criminal conviction review group, four stages of review at ccrg, preliminary assessment. Investigation report: minister"s decision, minister can then, order a new trial, refer the case to the court of appeal, dismiss the application. Anthony hanemaayer: plead guilty for a lesser charge, he was wrongfully convicted for raping multiple women that actually two other people did. Intervention at the scc: continuing legal education, public legal education, outreach and awareness.