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This video was documented by the CBC, talking to Guy Paul Morin about his story of the case. He talks about everything that happened to him but also talks mainly about how the proof from the forensics were inadequate. Guy reflects on his past and the CBC asks him how hes going to use this wrongful conviction to better his future and help others.

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Guy Paul Morin : Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt (1995) - The Fifth Estate

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In this video they talk about the case of Guy Paul Morin and what happened to Christine Jessop. To this day there is no suspect that could of done this to the little girl the case went cold.

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THE BRUTAL UNSOLVED MURDER OF 9 YR OLD SCHOOLGIRL CHRISTINE JESSOP ! most excited

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In this video by the global news they interview Christine Jessop's mom Janet Jessop. They ask the mom multiple questions regarding Guy Paul Morin and why she thought he could of done it. Global news also asked her what other person could possible want to do this to her daughter, now that the case is gone cold is she still trying to figure it out herself or has she given up on it with the police.

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Cold Case Files: extended interview with Christine Jessop's mother, Janet Jessop | Watch News Videos Online

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Watch Cold Case Files: extended interview with Christine Jessop's mother, Janet Jessop Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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Toronto star's covered this case and in the article it talks about how much money was used to hire private investigators and lawyers to help prove that Guy Paul Morin was wrongfully convicted. From what I have read there was over $3.5 million used for Guy Paul Morin's trials, I believe there was no such need to have this much money invested in a case when the forensic was at fault and should of known that it was not his DNA in the crime scene. What they really had only was a fiber from the scene was also in his car.

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In a bid to correct more miscarriages of justice, Legal Aid Ontario is injecting the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC) with significant funding to finance expert opinions, a crucial step to reopening cases.

The pioneering funding agreement will give AIDWYC, a non-profit agency with an annual budget of roughly $500,000, with an additional $100,000 in the current fiscal year. Most of the money will go toward challenging evidence presented at trial, while the rest will be devoted to raising awareness about the risks in the justice system that can lead to wrongful convictions.

"It's a bit of a breakthrough," said AIDWYC executive director Debbie Oakley. "Any time we get an organization to see the need and commit financial support it's always a big deal because it's such a struggle."

Legal Aid Ontario chair John McCamus said making the case for supporting AIDWYC is "easily done."

"Citizens who have been wrongfully convicted are most obviously in need of access to justice," McCamus said. "The stories of people who have been exonerated by AIDWYC are searing stories of personal tragedy, of lives ruined."

Since its inception in 1993, AIDWYC has secured the exonerations of 19 men and women across Canada, beginning with Guy Paul Morin, who was found guilty of the 1984 murder of his neighbour, 9-year-old Christine Jessop, in part due to hair and fibre evidence found in his car.

His conviction was quashed in 1995 after DNA testing proved his innocence.

The work that AIDWYC does is largely pro bono, with more than 50 lawyers contributing the equivalent of $3.5 million a year through the donation of their time, Oakley said. Although these lawyers often become eligible for funding from Legal Aid, which supports low-income individuals, this does not occur until relatively late in a case.

Oakley said the funding will address the "pressure point" earlier in the process, when it is necessary to deconstruct a conviction through "other investigations and analysis," she said.

As in the Morin case, overturning wrongful convictions often hinges on challenging forensic evidence presented at trial through new tests and fresh expert testimony, which is expensive. It can also include travel to the crime scene and hiring a private investigator to challenge the work originally done by police.

The association's work also includes the exonerations of Tammy Marquardt, William Mullins-Johnson and Sherry Sherret-Robinson, all of whom were wrongly convicted in the deaths of children due to the flawed testimony of disgraced pediatric pathologist Charles Smith.

McCamus said Legal Aid also wants to support AIDWYC's efforts to increase the understanding of the root causes of wrongful convictions, within the criminal justice system and the public.

"It is important for lawyers to realize the potential failure of . . . junk science that finds its way into the system and experts who can be fallible," he said.

AIDWYC is currently reviewing about 100 cases across the country, and is working on about 13 cases in which it believes it has established innocence, Oakley said.

"It's quite possible that there are more of those folks facing wrongful convictions than we've been able to get to," she said.

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Legal Aid funds wrongful-conviction cases | Toronto Star

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In a bid to correct more miscarriages of justice, Legal Aid Ontario is injecting the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC) with significant funding to finance expert opinions, a crucial step to reopening cases. The pioneering funding agreement will give AIDWYC, a non-profit agency with an annual budget of roughly $500,000, with an additional $100,000 in the current fiscal year.

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This article shows the dates of every court date and how long it took for them to put him in jail but also shows how fast he got out too  for being wrongfully convicted. From 1985-1995 Guy Paul Morin went through hell by being ridiculed by the media and by society for what he apparently done. The police became suspicious of Guy when Christine's mother told police that "the neighbor is a "weird -type guy" who played clarinet." 1992 was when Guy was officially arrested with first degree murder.

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The police first became interested in Guy on February 14, 1985, when Christine's mother mentioned that their neighbor was a "weird-type guy" who played the clarinet. On February 19, police set up surveillance of the Morin home. On February 22, Guy was interviewed by two police officers.

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This image was released by the police for the search of Christine Jessop. She was 9 years old and went missing one night, reported by her mother.

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This article is written based off a report done by Fred Kaufman. In this report they go over in detail about the investigations and the people interviewed. The report also talks about the investigators thoughts and how they proceeded in the case file of the death of Christine Jessop. It shows how they proved he was guilty then proved how he was not guilty of the crime.

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Canada: Kaufman Commission - Guy Paul Morin - Evidence of "screams"

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On January 23, 1985, Constable Fox attended another neighbour's home, the Benning residence, which is on the east side of Regional Road 2, immediately north of the Fourth Concession and right across the road from Lydia Robertson's residence. Benning's evidence was recorded in a supplementary report.

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This image was taken on the day Guy Paul Morin court date showed it was not his DNA found at the scene and was released from jail.

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This image represents the day Guy Paul Morin was arrested for the death of Christine Jessop on May 3rd 1985, in January is when his first trial would begin.