https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6 en-us 2021-04-02 19:37:23 UTC 2025-09-30 01:22:41 UTC hello@padlet.com christoskappos77 https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378704139 This photo displays Dr. Charles Smith, a disgraced Revered Pediatric Forensic Pathologist that was responsible for numerous wrongful convictions. Repeatedly, Dr. Charles Smith has provided flawed and bias work to the police regarding numerous cases. This in turn, has resulted in thirteen wrongful criminal charges, one of which, resulted in the wrongful conviction of Maria Shepherd. ]]> 2021-04-02 19:56:58 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378704139 christoskappos77 https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378704970 Dr. Charles Smith concluded that Maria Shepherd's step-daughter, Kasandra, died as a result of abuse, involving several blows to the head (Innocence Canada, n.d.). Years later, forensic experts decided that the conclusions Smith made about the case contained numerous errors. The now believed cause of death is a seizure from a previous brain injury, or the sudden development of a seizure disorder (The Canadian Press, 2016).]]> 2021-04-02 19:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378704970 christoskappos77 https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378706785 Maria Shepherd says that she forgives Charles Smith for his incorrect conclusions on the case, saying that a person must be deeply troubled to make the same mistake on not one, but twelve separate cases. Additionally, Maria Shepherd states that there needs to be a higher level of accountability with not only Charles Smith, but with his superiors.]]> 2021-04-02 19:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378706785 christoskappos77 https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378708270 Due to other medical experts agreeing with Dr. Charles Smith's conclusion of Maria Shepherd's step-daughter dying from physical abuse, Maria Shepherd felt there was not much she could do to prove her innocence. To reduce her sentence, Maria made a guilty plea, but continued to maintain her innocence. After a public inquiry was opened to examine the legitimacy of Dr. Charles Smith's work, Maria asked Innocence Canada to investigate and re-open her case.]]> 2021-04-02 20:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378708270 christoskappos77 https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378710851 Maria Shepherd discusses the guilty plea bargain she made after weighing what is more important to her; her life and children, or the truth. Maria Shepherd plead guilty in order to reduce her sentence and return to her family more swiftly.]]> 2021-04-02 20:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378710851 christoskappos77 https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378711296 Within this video, Maria Shepherd ponders upon the adversities that the Shepherd’s faced throughout the 25 years of her wrongful conviction. To correlate, Maria Shepherd explains that her guilty plea led to 25 years of a lot of quiet tears and anguish. To be specific, Maria Shepherd changed her plea to guilty after another pathologist agreed with the conclusions Dr. Charles Smith made about the case. A major factor in doing this was to avoid losing custody of her children.]]> 2021-04-02 20:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378711296 christoskappos77 https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378713580 Crown attorney Howard Leibovach urged Shepherd's conviction to be overturned in favor of an acquittal. Leibovich said that what happened with Shepherd's case was a 'miscarriage of justice' and that Shepherd would not have plead guilty if she (and everyone else) knew of the many errors Smith had made with the evidence against Shepherd. Justice David Watt had exonerated Shepherd, saying that Smith's evidence was the most important factor in Maria's wrongful conviction. Unfortunately, the respect that the justice system had for Smith's work was enough to lead to her guilty plea. ]]> 2021-04-02 20:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378713580 christoskappos77 https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378749191 This photo displays Maria Shepherd, a woman that was wrongfully convicted of “the death of her-three-and-a-half-year-old step-daughter, Kasandra” (Innocence Canada, n.d.). To be specific, Maria Shepherd was wrongfully convicted of manslaughter after a Revered Pediatric Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Charles Smith, concluded that Kasandra’s death was caused by Maria Shepherd (Global News, 2019). However, when Maria Shepherd’s lawyer consulted with another pathologist, the pathologist concluded that Dr. Charles Smith's findings were valid; thus, Maria Shepherd felt she had no other choice but to plead guilty to the manslaughter of her stepdaughter, Kasandra (Innocence Canada, n.d.). ]]> 2021-04-02 20:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378749191 christoskappos77 https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378788449 Forensic expert Dr. Charles Smith was responsible for numerous errors on several autopsies, 13 of which resulted in criminal charges. One of these errors resulted in the wrongful conviction of Maria Shepherd. At one point, Smith was in high regard, and his opinions on the causes of death were unquestioned. Due to this, there was not much Maria Shepherd could do against the conclusion Charles Smith made about her case.]]> 2021-04-02 21:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1378788449 christoskappos77 https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1380008082 Questions relating to the Wrongful Conviction of Maria Shepherd.]]> 2021-04-03 21:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/chrisck/nsh906ht7hoyewo6/wish/1380008082