https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin By: Kayla McGray & Diane Lauzon en-us 2017-11-28 18:21:15 UTC 2023-02-04 03:19:54 UTC hello@padlet.com kaylamcgray5 https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247032060 Guy Paul Morin was living proof that the legal system had failed him and here he is after being released from jail and finally free.  Guy Paul Morin always maintained his innocence.  After receiving his compensation money, he purchased a tract of land North of Toronto and married Allison Ferguson, a member of a support team that had gathered to advocate his innocence.  The couple had two sons.  Guy became a certified piano tuner, ran a small business called Paul's Handiworks.  Later on, he became a full-time employee at Toronto's Pearson International Airport as a Maintenance Worker.]]> 2018-03-28 18:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247032060 kaylamcgray5 https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247035886 This documentary produced by the fifth estate gives an overview of the crime Morin was accused of. It is also, the first ever television interview Morin conducted after being released from prison.]]> 2018-03-28 18:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247035886 kaylamcgray5 https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247038501 Guy Paul Morin pictured while he was on trial. Does he look like a child murderer?]]> 2018-03-28 18:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247038501 kaylamcgray5 https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247039264 (Pictured below is Christine Jessop).
This article discusses what the justice system learned from Morin's case, such as the danger of tunnel vision. I believe this case helped decrease the amount of wrongful convictions, as it educated officials of what to be aware of.]]> 2018-03-28 18:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247039264 kaylamcgray5 https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247039837 “I want to find him and that’s my goal,” Jessop said. It is sad that Christine's killer has never been found, after all this time.  Christine's Dad remarried, but Janet has remained single and is now living in a retirement community.  She says the rest of her days are like a living hell on earth.  Janet did receive some money from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and said, "it was just enough to give her daughter a proper burial."
Police claim that they still get 5-6 leads per month on this case and that they follow up on all of them.]]> 2018-03-28 18:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247039837 kaylamcgray5 https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247042949

tunnel vision, where the case does not proceed with an open mind;

mistaken eyewitness testimony;

false confessions;

unreliable in-custody informers;

flawed forensic and expert testimony; and

media and public pressure to convict.

]]> 2018-03-28 18:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247042949 kaylamcgray5 https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247255024 On October 3, 1984, nine-year-old Christine Jessop went missing after being dropped off at home by the school bus. The search lasted several days, with no sign of her, until December 31, 1984 where her body was found, in which she had been stabbed to death. 
The police first became interested in Morin on February 14, 1985, after Christine’s mother mentioned that their neighbour was a “weird-type guy, who played the clarinet.” Although, Morin insisted he was innocent, he was arrested on April 22, 1985. Morin went through two different trials and spent 18 months in jail. Finally, he was proven to be innocent on January 23, 1995 and received $1.25 Million as compensation.  10 years of Guy Paul Morin's life was taken away from him.  Was $1.25 Million enough? Canada's legal system will be haunted by the wrongful convictions of Guy Paul Morin for a very long time]]> 2018-03-29 13:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247255024 lauzon_diane https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247281356 Image of Clayton Ruby, one of the lawyers that worked on Guy Paul Morin's case. As Guy Paul Morin's defence counsel, Ruby made much of a series of investigative shortcomings that included the improper collection and retention of physical evidence from the body site, and police notes that were missing, inadequate or misleading. He is a prominent Toronto lawyer and is still in practice today in downtown Toronto.]]> 2018-03-29 14:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247281356 kaylamcgray5 https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247283990 Guy Paul Morin talks with CBC's fifth estate and explains he is not bitter even after being the subject of relentless public attention.  In this interview, Guy Paul Morin talks about the Crowne Attorney and the public apology he received from him.  Guy Paul Morin is ecstatic to be a free man.  Guy claims the scientists/DNA experts saved him and says he never felt suicidal.  Guy Paul Morin explains how Durham Police officers,  Bernie Fitzpatrick & John Shepard  told Guy Paul Morin that they "did not make grave mistakes" and Guy says they should not be police officers.  Shepard made a deal with two inmates to try to get Morin to confess to them.  The Supreme Court of Canada revealed the profoundly flawed justice system that had prosecuted Guy Paul Morin.  Christine's body was exhumed and the investigative blunders ensued. A highly sensitive law case had been majorly bungled, but in the end a jury decided.  Before Morin walked out of the courtroom - he told everyone a travesty had just occurred. Guy Paul Morin was not the only suspect.  There were other likelier suspects, yet why was Guy singled out?  Key evidence was left out of the trial and this was decided by a Trial Judge.  The jury went on "what they had".  One juror claims he is frightened of the justice system and a miscarriage of justice had taken place.  Guy Paul Morin was a "slaughtered lamb".  DNA tests revealed Guy Paul Morin should never have been a suspect in the first place.  The Durham Police wanted to appease the public and made a case.  They jailed the wrong guy.  It will never be entirely clear how Guy Paul Morin became a suspect in the first place.  His life revolved around his family and his music.  The Cops tried to say fingerprints on a clarinet sealed Morin's fate.  Morin's family spent all their money on lawyers, mortgaged their home.  Morin had been in a 10 year nightmare and it all ends with a picture perfect ending... a happy one for Morin as he is finally free.]]> 2018-03-29 15:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247283990 lauzon_diane https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247285231 Guy was a local handyman, kept bees & played the clarinet.  People described him as a "weird-type guy".  DNA analysis in 1984/85 was in its infancy.]]> 2018-03-29 15:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247285231 kaylamcgray5 https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247285721 Date of birth: 1960
City of residence: Queensville, Ontario (North of Toronto)

• Musician, played the clarinet
• Known as a "weird guy"
• Wrongfully convicted of murdering Christine Jessop

]]> 2018-03-29 15:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/247285721 kaylamcgray5 https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/250077926 During this interview, with Janet Jessop, she speculates what happened to her daughter and how they went about the day she went missing. She said, "..we went around the neighbourhood, it wasn't just call the police right away. No, we looked everywhere. Finally, I said we need to call the police because something is wrong."
Janet expresses the hope she once had, that Christine was at a friends they did not know or that she would stroll back home eventually. 
Janet also, speaks about what Christine would be like if she was still here.
All these years later, you can still hear the pain in Janet's voice and she still has the same question which is "why?"]]> 2018-04-10 00:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/250077926 kaylamcgray5 https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/250080308 Do you think this was a result of the murder of their beloved daughter?]]> 2018-04-10 00:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylamcgray5/guypaulmorin/wish/250080308