By: Roya Sarwar by https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8 Steven Truscott GNED 1307 – Case Study en-us 2016-11-07 01:54:31 UTC 2024-09-05 16:29:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Wrongfully convicted: Steven Truscott  roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135660211 By: Roya Sarwar]]> 2016-11-07 01:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135660211 1. Reasons for wrongful convictions:  roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135660316
  • tunnel vision, where police investigators do not proceed with an open mind;
  • mistaken eyewitness testimony;
  • false confessions;
  • in-custody informers who are not reliable;
  • flawed forensic and expert testimony; and
  • public and media pressure to convict.
    • (Bajer, et al., 2008)


    ]]>     2016-11-07 02:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135660316     11. Steven Truscott - Video 3 roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135661365 On June 11 1959, 12-year-old Lynne Harper was found raped and strangled to death. Steven Truscott, a classmate who last saw her alive, was sentenced to death for her murder. The Ontario Court of Appeal was set to review Mr. Truscott's conviction. His story continues to fascinate many people. ]]> 2016-11-07 02:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135661365 10. Steven Truscott - Video 2  roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135662294 After being labeled a killer for 45 years, Steven Truscott got the chance to clear his name. He was 14 years old when he was charged, his death sentence got commuted to life in prison. The goal was to take the case to trial again, with a jury of his peers. This video also discuses compensation, and how it is available to Steven Truscott. ]]> 2016-11-07 02:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135662294 9. Steven Truscott - Video 1  roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135663769 This video explains how new evidence was collected, and a new suspect was found who was a registered sex offender. If this new evidence was found earlier, it could have changed the outcome of the case. A few years later, Steven Trustcott was free. ]]> 2016-11-07 02:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135663769 8. Image - 3 roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135663945 This is a photo of Lynne Harper, the girl who was found raped and killed at the age of 12. ]]> 2016-11-07 02:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135663945 7. Image - 2  roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135664089 This is a photo of Steven Truscott during the process of his trial. ]]> 2016-11-07 02:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135664089 6. Image - 1 roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135664221 Published in 1975, this is an image of the book Steven Truscott wrote based on his case. He describes major events that took place during the trial, and how this wrongful conviction has impacted him. ]]> 2016-11-07 02:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135664221 4. Steven Truscott - The search for justice #2 roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135664398 Posted July 7th, 2008. An in depth CBC News article describes how a students murder led to Steven becoming the youngest death-row inmate. His case, was one of the most famous and controversial in Canadian judicial history, and helped spur Canada to abolish the death penalty. This article also states that many people claim officials were too hasty and ignored some witnesses and possible suspects. ]]> 2016-11-07 02:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135664398 3. Steven Truscott - Innocence Canada #1 roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135665117 This website describe the events prior to Lynne's murder, on the evening of June 9, 1959, Steven was seen giving Lynne a ride on his bicycle. They parted ways. Later that evening, her father reported her missing. Two days later, Lynne’s body was found in a nearby wooded area. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death. Despite Steven's young age, he was ordered to stand trial as an adult. The Crown’s theory was that rather than dropping Lynne off as he claimed to have done, Steven turned off into the bush and killed Lynne at some point between 7:00 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. that evening. ]]> 2016-11-07 03:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135665117 5. Steven Truscott - Case #3  roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135665431 This website states that in 2002, the federal government appointed retired Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Fred Kaufman to review Truscott’s Section 690 application. It was recommended that the Ontario Court of Appeal reopen the Truscott case to permit a full appeal. The federal minister of justice agreed. A special five-judge panel of the Court of Appeal began hearing the fresh evidence in mid-2006. A year later, it acquitted Truscott outright, in part because it said a fair retrial would be impossible so many years after the fact.
    This webiste also discusses the media interviews Steven was invlved in, he said that he had been drugged with LSD and truth serum during his incarceration by authorities in the hope that it would induce him to confess.
    ]]>     2016-11-07 03:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135665431     2. Steven Truscott - Word document  roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135665819 2016-11-07 03:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/135665819 References roya_sarwar https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/140028087 2016-11-27 16:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/roya_sarwar/lkr54yhuuko8/wish/140028087