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This photo is relevant to the topic because it shows the emotional impact on this man when he is wrongfully convicted of his beloved wife's murder.

Explanation:
In this photo you can see an emotional distraught Mr.Johnson during a court date when he was suspected of killing his wife, Janice. He was convicted by juries of killing his wife by pushing her down the flight of stairs leading to the basement. He served 5 years in prison.

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This photo is important to show the family bond which is displayed, even with the loss of their mother, they would not lose their father as well.

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In this photo you can see Clayton Johnson accompanied by his daughters, Dawn & Darla standing with their father outside a Nova Scotia court after an appeal in 2002. The girls always believed their fathers innocence.

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This photo shows how many people are interested and outraged with this case of a man being wrongfully convicted of a horrible crime.

Explanation:
The FIFTH ESTATE aired and episode on Clayton Johnson telling his story to the public. They provided some background on the family, he taught at a local high school and she was a house wife. They also describe the day of the accident from their daughters point of view. You also hear from other friends of the family on the family dynamics.

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Fifth Estate Documentary Video on Clayton Johnson.  

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Fifth Estate Documentary Video on Clayton Johnson.  

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In this documentary you hear all the details of this wrongfully convicted case.

Explanation:
As said before the FIFTH ESTATE episode gives some personal information on Mr.Johnson as well as his wife, Janice. You will hear about the murder scene, the fall that ended it all. As well as some testimonials of people who knew the couple.

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Clayton Johnson wrongful murder conviction : Tide of Suspicion (1998) - The Fifth Estate

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Innocence Canada - Justice for the Wrongfully Convicted  Video 

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Innocence Canada - Justice for the Wrongfully Convicted  Video 

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In this short video you will hear about all that Innocence Canada has done to help those in need of assistance against the justice system. Clayton Johnson is one of the individuals they have helped in the past who is featured for a small part in the video.

Explanation:
In this video you will hear about the non-profit organization who has made it their mission to help others. Clayton Johnson, as you can see in this video, 1:04-1:10, Johnson cries in court after hearing the verdict. Iv also added an article explaining the organization, and how it helped to clear Clayton Johnson's name.

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Innocence Canada - Justice For The Wrongly Convicted

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Forensic Files Episode: Accident or Murder. Video. 

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Forensic Files Episode: Accident or Murder. Video. 

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In this TV show Forensic Files, titled Accident or Murder it details the forensic evidence that proved Mr. Johnson's (wrongful) conviction, and then proving his innocence.

Explanation:
In this episode of Forensic Files it shows viewers the story line in the order when the events occurred on the day of the accident. You also hear Mr.Johnson's experiences during this whole ordeal. Also, you hear of how he fought his conviction by dealing with Toronto defense attorney who heard about his case and worked to prove his innocence.

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Forensic Files - Season 4, Ep 9: Accident or Murder?

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Clayton Johnson Passes Away but Is Never Forgotten, Article.

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Clayton Johnson Passes Away but Is Never Forgotten, Article.

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I think that this article is very important to Mr. Johnson's case and wrongfully convicted cases as well. This article points out all the positive things Mr.Johnson did to get his life back on track after being wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder. It shows that even though he suffered though hardships he was still able to make the most out of his life.

Explanation:
This article points out all the positive aspects of Mr.Johnson life. It tells the reader about his life, his family, his past careers and how he excelled. It explains how he fought for his freedom, and won. How he survived prison and life after. Most importantly, it makes it clear that Clayton Johnson is more than a victim of a wrongfully convicted murder trial, but a loving husband, father and overall a great person.

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Clayton Johnson, who spent five years in prison wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife, has died.

Johnson was a former teacher and carpenter. He died last week at the age of 71, according to an obituary posted on the website for H.M. Huskilson's Funeral Homes and Crematorium Ltd.

Johnson's wife, Janice, died after a fall down the stairs in the family home in 1989. Johnson was accused of beating her to death, was convicted of murder in 1993 and was sent to prison.

He maintained he was innocent throughout.

The road to freedom

He appealed his conviction, but in 1994 the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal refused to overturn it. A year later, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to the hear the case.

Things started to turn around for Johnson in 1998 when he and the Association in the Defence of the Wrongly Convicted submitted an application to Canada's Department of Justice to revisit the case. On the same day, the CBC program The Fifth Estate aired an investigative documentary on Johnson's conviction.

Release from prison

By September of 1998, Johnson was freed after several pathologists concluded his wife's death was the result of a freak accidental fall that resulted in massive fatal head injuries.

However, it took until Feb. 18, 2002, for the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal to overturn the original conviction and order a new trial. There was never a new trial and Johnson was a free man.

Johnson then launched a lawsuit against the provincial government to claim damages for wrongful arrest and imprisonment. He was awarded $2.5 million in compensation.

Life after prison

Once out of prison, Johnson ran a contracting business until he retired. His obituary said he had a passion for woodworking and carpentry.

Johnson is survived by his daughters and grandchildren. His obituary states the was a kind, loving and compassionate man who had a deep faith in God. It also said he enjoyed spending time with family and friends, sharing laughs, playing cards and watching baseball.

The obituary said Johnson suffered from an illness before he died, but didn't say what that illness was.

A funeral for Johnson will be held at H.M. Huskilson's Funeral Home in Shelburne on Saturday at 2 p.m.

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Shelburne man, wrongly convicted of wife's murder, dies | CBC News

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Clayton Johnson, who spent five years in prison wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife, has died.

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Wrongfully Convicted Man Cleared of His Wife's Death, Article. 

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Wrongfully Convicted Man Cleared of His Wife's Death, Article. 

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This article is very important because it talks about Mr.Johnson's personal experience being wrongfully convicted. He talks about how he believes that this was not a failure of the justice system, but a system that has few flaws that unfortunately reflected badly on him. The article also outlines some other victims who have been wrongfully convicted in the past including, Steven Truscott, David Milgaard, and Guy Paul Morin.

Explanation:
Though out reading this article you will hear more about once Mr.Johnson was found not guilty and released from prison. You will hear direct quotes from him talking about his thoughts and feelings towards to whole situation. "It has been 13 long years, and at last the world knows I didn't kill the woman I loved," 18-year-old Darla Johnson read for him." was by far the most touching part of this article.

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The Canadian justice system conceded another miscarriage of justice yesterday, this time in the bizarre case of a man imprisoned for a murder that most likely was a fluke accident.

After serving 1,872 days behind bars for the first-degree murder of his wife Janice, Clayton Johnson first was granted a new trial and then was acquitted in a day-long roller coaster of legal manoeuvring.

Just five hours after hearing the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal grant his retrial, the 56-year-old man listened in tears as the province's top judge acquitted him and virtually insisted that the country see Mr. Johnson for what he is, an innocent man.

That Mr. Johnson was forced to spend five years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit was, "to state the obvious, regrettable," Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Chief Justice Joseph Kennedy said in a voice tinged with indignation.

"The conviction in this matter has been quashed," he declared loudly. "Let's not be equivocal about it." In an interview shortly afterward, Mr. Johnson expressed thanks to the chief justice. "This not only brings justice for me, but for Janice, too," he said. "Now she can rest in peace."

Mr. Johnson was convicted of the murder three years after his 36-year-old wife died on Feb. 20, 1989. She was found unconscious at the bottom of the basement stairs of their home in Shelburne, N.S.

The basement washing machine was on. Ms. Johnson was lying, gasping for breath, in a large pool of blood. Her car keys were clutched in her hand and a high-heeled shoe was nearby, leaving a clear inference that she had misgauged a step while rushing up to meet a friend who was coming over with his daughter so Ms. Johnson could take the child to a local carnival.

Police looked carefully at Mr. Johnson at the time. He was not charged with murder until 1992 when an officer became suspicious because Mr. Johnson had remarried so soon after the incident and because he had collected on a $125,000 insurance policy following his wife's death.

Yesterday's outcome, engineered behind the scenes by the Nova Scotia Crown in conjunction with James Lockyer and Philip Campbell, lawyers for the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted, was a closely guarded secret to all but the family and close friends.

Two dozen of them sat, alternately teary-eyed and beaming, as Mr. Johnson broke down repeatedly during a press conference and had to ask one of his daughters to read a statement.

"It has been 13 long years, and at last the world knows I didn't kill the woman I loved," 18-year-old Darla Johnson read for him.

Crown officials said they were conceding the case because new scientific evidence left "no reasonable prospect" of convicting Mr. Johnson at a new trial. They refused to express any regrets, insisting at a press conference that they had merely done their duty throughout.

Martin Herschorn, director of public prosecutions, said the majority of the 22 forensic experts who were consulted now believe Ms. Johnson likely died in an accidental fall.

"I don't view this as a failure of the justice system," he said. "This is the justice system functioning as it should."

Mr. Campbell strongly disagreed. He said the justice system became blinded by science and treated a loving husband and father as "some kind of ruthless, deadly assassin."

Had it used plain common sense and reason, Mr. Campbell said, Mr. Johnson would never have been even a suspect. Mr. Lockyer added that at the very least, Mr. Johnson deserves generous compensation and an apology from the provincial government.

Mr. Johnson intends to continue living in the small town of Shelburne, where he has been building furniture and doing home renovations since his release on bail in 1998.

Mr. Johnson's daughters, Darla and Dawn, were 12 and 9 when their mother died. In effect orphaned by their father's conviction, they thanked their community for its support yesterday.

Shortly after Ms. Johnson's death, he married a local woman, Tiny Weybret, in the hope that she could help him raise his two daughters. With her new husband suddenly jailed for life, Ms. Weybret reluctantly divorced him and remarried. The children were left to be raised by relatives. Clayton Johnson and other wrongly accused victims
Wilbert Coffin
1953: The bodies of three American hunters are found in Quebec's Gaspé region.

1956: Mr. Coffin is hanged after being convicted of murder and losing a series of appeals. His defenders argue that he was framed by the government of then premier Maurice Duplessis, which feared the case would hurt tourism if left unsolved.
Steven Truscott
1959: The raped and strangled body of Lynne Harper, 12, is found near Clinton, Ont. Three months later, Steven Truscott, then 14, is convicted.

1969: He is released from prison and begins a long campaign for vindication.

2000: He asks the federal government for a formal review.
David Milgaard
1969: The partly clad body of Gail Miller, 20, is found in a Saskatoon snowbank.

1970: Mr. Milgaard is sentenced to life in prison for murder.

1992: The Supreme Court of Canada recommends a new trail after hearing evidence of a series of rapes committed in Saskatoon by another man. Mr. Milgaard is freed.
Donald Marshall
1971: Sandy Seale, 16, is fatally stabbed in a Sydney, N.S. park where he was seen with Mr. Marshall. Mr. Marshall is convicted of murder.

1982: He is cleared after witnesses in his trial say they lied under pressure from Sydney Police. Another man is later convicted of manslaughter.
Thomas Sophonow
1981: Waitress Barbara Stoppel, 16, is found strangled in a washroom at a St. Boniface, Man., doughnut shop.

1982-85: Mr. Sophonow is arrested, tried three times and convicted twice before being freed by the Manitoba Court of Appeal on grounds of legal errors in the third trial.
Guy Paul Morin
1984: The body of Christine Jessop, 9, is found in a field.

1985-92: Mr. Morin is arrested, tried, acquitted, tried again and convicted of murder.

1995: He is cleared and offered compensation after DNA testing excludes him as the source of semen found on the child's underwear.
Ronald Dalton
1988: Brenda Dalton, 29, dies of asphyxiation in Gander, Nfld.

1989-2000: Mr. Dalton, her husband, is convicted of strangling her and is imprisoned. He eventually wins a new trial at which he is acquitted after forensic pathologists testify that Ms. Dalton choked to death on food.
Clayton Johnson
1989: Janice Johnson, 36, is found with fatal head injuries at the bottom of the basement stairs in her Shelburne, N.S., home.

1993-2001: Mr. Johnson, her husband, is convicted of bludgeoning her to death.

2001: The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal orders a retrial yesterday, then the province's top judge acquits him.
Greg Parsons
1991: Catherine Carroll is killed in her St. John's home.

1994: Mr. Parsons, her son, is convicted of murder.

1998: DNA evidence clears him. Police later charge a former family friend with murder.
Randy Druken
1993: Brenda Marie Young, 26, is found stabbed to death in her St. John's home.

1995: Mr. Druken, her boyfriend, is convicted of murder.

1999-2000: The conviction is set aside and prosecutors halt proceedings after a jailhouse witness recants testimony that Mr. Druken confessed to him.

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Wrongly convicted man cleared in wife's death

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The Canadian justice system conceded another miscarriage of justice yesterday, this time in the bizarre case of a man imprisoned for a murder that most likely was a fluke accident. After serving 1,872 days behind bars for the first-degree murder of his wife Janice, Clayton Johnson first was granted a new trial and then was acquitted in a day-long roller coaster of legal manoeuvring.

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Innocence Canada on Clayton Johnson, Website. 

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Innocence Canada on Clayton Johnson, Website. 

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In this article written from Innocence Canada homepage, they have made it there mission to fight for those who have been wrongfully convicted in Canada. They outline all the details of Clayton Johnson's case from before the accident, the police investigation, and more.

Explanation:
In this article it outlines Mr. Johnson's life before the accident, he was a high school teacher, loving husband, and a father of two. How the police investigation went and how he was a suspect. Some information about the pre-trial and trial. Also, how he was a victim of such circumstances. It also adds some information on other cases and what they have done to assist those in need of help against our justice system.

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ARTICLES/WEBSITES:
1. Harland-Logan, Sarah.(2018). Innocence Canada, Clayton Johnson. Retrieved from:http://www.innocencecanada.com/exonerations/clayton-johnson/
2.CBC News.(2017). Shelburne man, wrongly convicted of wife's murder, dies. Retrieved from:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/clayton-johnson-wrongful-conviction-shelburne-1.4307049
3. Makin,K. (2002).

Wrongly convicted man cleared in wife's death. Retrieved from:https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/wrongly-convicted-man-cleared-in-wifes-death/article25292029/

PHOTOS
1. Photo of Clayton Johnson from the Fifth Estate. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_r9j_ButSw
2. Photo of Clayton Johnson crying in court. Retrieved from: http://tanadineen.com/COLUMNIST/Columns/GoodStoriesBadJustice.htm
3. Photo of Clayton Johnson with daughters. Retrieved from:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/clayton-johnson-wrongful-conviction-shelburne-1.4307049
VIDEOS:
1.Fifth Estate Video. Retrieved from:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_r9j_ButSw
2.Forensic Files Episode. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKiH91qmzEg & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvJK5Zq2I9M
3. Innocence Canada Video. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_loTZfej3v8

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Word Document on My Wrongfully Convicted Person, Clayton Johnson.

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Word Document on My Wrongfully Convicted Person, Clayton Johnson.

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DONE The Wrongfully Convicted Case of Clayton Johnson