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A missing flyer from Elizabeth Bain's disappearance.

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Briefly summarize and explain the situation of your selected wrongly convicted person.

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Briefly summarize and explain the situation of your selected wrongly convicted person.

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Robert Baltovich was accused of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth when she went missing, based on eyewitness statements. Elizabeth’s body was never found and the only physical evidence recovered was her blood in the back of her car. The eyewitness claims she saw Robert driving Elizabeth’s car on the day she was last seen. They utilized tools such as hypnosis to create evidence against Robert which ultimately led to his conviction. (Harland-Logan)

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This video presents the trial of Robert Baltovich in a digital story manner with photos.

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Using the list from Innocence Canada surrounding causes, identify and explain which and how the causes contributed to the wrongful conviction in your case.

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Using the list from Innocence Canada surrounding causes, identify and explain which and how the causes contributed to the wrongful conviction in your case.

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Use of hypnosis- Hypnosis was used to receive “more information” from an eyewitness regarding Robert's presence on the day of Elizabeth's disappearance. However, hypnosis was proven to be scientifically inaccurate as there is no way to differentiate between imagination and accurate recollection. Furthermore, it was declared to have no role in a criminal trial. (Harland-Logan)

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https://www.innocencecanada.com/exonerations/robert-baltovich/

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Innocence Canada is a website that shares information regarding Canadians who have been wrongly convicted.

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Author: Sarah Harland-Logan Robert Baltovich's life was turned upside down on June 19, 1990, when his girlfriend, Elizabeth Bain, went missing. She had told her parents that she was going out to check the tennis schedules at school, the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. Elizabeth never came back.

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What are you most likely to remember from this research?

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What are you most likely to remember from this research?

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As a result of this research, I am most likely to remember how many people in Canada who are wrongly convicted do not recieve financial compensation. I was very surprised to learn that someone could spend many years incarcerated for false reasons and then receive no monetary compensation.

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Using the list from Innocence Canada surrounding causes, identify and explain which and how the causes contributed to the wrongful conviction in your case.

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Using the list from Innocence Canada surrounding causes, identify and explain which and how the causes contributed to the wrongful conviction in your case.

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Other problems with eyewitness testimony- There were numerous issues with eyewitness testimonies aside from the utilization of hypnosis. Specifically, when presented with a photo lineup, one witness identified Robert through a “process of elimination”. It has also been proven that witnesses are often wrong, therefore with no physical evidence relating Robert to the crime, there was no basis for his incarceration. (Harland-Logan)

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This website shares a podcast where the connection between Elizabeth and Paul Bernardo is discussed.

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‎Murder Was The Case: #98. The Baltovich File, Part 9: Bernardo? (Dive Bar) w/ Robert Baltovich on Apple Podcasts

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‎Show Murder Was The Case, Ep #98. The Baltovich File, Part 9: Bernardo? (Dive Bar) w/ Robert Baltovich - 23 Aug 2019

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Was the wrongly convicted person awarded compensation for their situation?  If so, how much?

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Was the wrongly convicted person awarded compensation for their situation?  If so, how much?

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Robert Baltovich was not awarded any compensation for his incarceration. However, he decided to pursue a legal case against the province of Ontario in April of 2010, seeking 13 million dollars in damages. (CBC, 2010)

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This news clip addresses and acknowledges those who have been wrongly convicted, such as Robert Baltovich.

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Wrongful conviction day sheds light on miscarriages of justice

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Robert Baltovich shares his story to students at the University of Guelph. I was in attendance at this lecture where he explains all about the trial and processes he had to go through. It was interesting to learn about a Canadian trial, as many tv shows utilize the American law and justice systems.

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College of Social and Applied Human Sciences

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Wrongful Conviction Day 2020 with guest Robert Baltovich

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A photo of Robert with his girlfriend Elizabeth, who he was accused of murdering

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What did you learn about the topic that surprised you?

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One topic that surprised me after having read this case, is how certain people can be treated differently based on their prejudice. It also made it more obvious that law enforcement can become tunnel visioned based on the information they are given. In my opinion, the disappearance of Elizabeth was immediately treated as a murder with Robert as a suspect based on eyewitness statements. The rest of the investigation seemed to proceed with the assumption that he was guilty before he was proven guilty in a court of law. It is possible that information was missed when trying to find evidence that proves Robert guilty. (Harland-Logan)

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In your opinion, should a wrongly convicted person be awarded compensation and comment on what you would determine is a satisfactory award (if any).

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In your opinion, should a wrongly convicted person be awarded compensation and comment on what you would determine is a satisfactory award (if any).

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In my opinion, a wrongfully convicted person should be awarded compensation but only if there is evidence acquitting them from the crime. Although legally it makes no difference, morally I find it more comforting when someone is acquitted of a crime as there is evidence proving that they are not guilty, as opposed to when there is just a lack of proof convicting them. I think one million dollars for each year spent incarcerated is fair, plus any support for their children.

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This is an article from 2021 that updates the public regarding where law enforcement is in Elizabeth's case. Currently they have no suspects.

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This week on Tracking a Killer: The Cold Case Files, CityNews reporters Fil Martino and Madison Fitzpatrick take a look at the unsolved disappearance and murder of 22-year-old Elizabeth Bain.

Bain was a student at the University of Toronto's Scarborough Campus when she vanished on June 19, 1990.

Toronto Police Detective Steve Smith says her vehicle was found 3 days later with blood inside.

"Police immediately began a large-scale investigation. Officers were confident enough to declare this missing person as a homicide. Elizabeth's body has never been found, " said Detective Smith.

Police thought they had her killer several months into the investigation. Elizabeth Bain's boyfriend Robert Baltovich was convicted of her murder.

"They didn't really leave much doubt in my mind that they were absolutely convinced that I had either killed Liz or that I knew what happened to her," said Baltovich.

Baltovich spent eight years behind bars before being deemed not guilty by the courts in 2008. He says they had the wrong guy.

Elizabeth Bain's killer remains at large, but police say someone knows something and one day, they are confident this decades old case will be solved.

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30 years and a wrongful conviction later, the search for Elizabeth Bain's killer continues | CityNews Toronto

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This week on Tracking a Killer: The Cold Case Files , CityNews reporters Fil Martino and Madison Fitzpatrick take a look at the unsolved disappearance and murder of 22-year-old Elizabeth Bain. Bain was a student at the University of Toronto's Scarborough Campus when she vanished on June 19, 1990.

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#90. The Baltovich File, part 1: The mysterious miss Bain (dive bar) W/ Robert Baltovich – murder was the case – podcast. Podtail. (n.d.). Retrieved December 12, 2022, from https://podtail.com/en/podcast/murder-was-the-case/-90-the-baltovich-file-part-1-the-mysterious-miss-/

CBC/Radio Canada. (2010, April 23). Baltovich sues Ontario for 8 years in jail | CBC News. CBCnews. Retrieved December 12, 2022, from https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/baltovich-sues-ontario-for-8-years-in-jail-1.960065

Harland-Logan, S. (n.d.). Robert Baltovich. Innocence Canada. Retrieved December 12, 2022, from https://www.innocencecanada.com/exonerations/robert-baltovich/

PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine subscriptions. (n.d.). Retrieved December 12, 2022, from https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20080425/281517926847679