Eryka Villar by Eryka Villar https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju Romeo Phillion en-us 2019-11-25 02:25:03 UTC 2024-06-05 18:29:58 UTC hello@padlet.com Reasons for wrongful convictions erykavb98 https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418212771 There were a number of common themes that were identified by the public commissions in Canada which include, the belief that wrongful convictions are the result of systemic inappropriate actions of numerous people in the criminal justice system. There are other factors that contribute to wrongful convictions which include:
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.  ]]> 2019-12-01 21:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418212771 Reasons why Romeo Phillion was wrongfully convicted erykavb98 https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418217394 The first reason why he was wrongfully convicted was because of his false confession to the murder, they don't know why he confessed but according to  Dr. Gudjonsson, the world’s foremost expert on the psychology of false confessions states that there can be many motivating factors including: a desire for notoriety, a unconscious need to expiate guilt over unrelated transgressions, an inability to distinguish fact from fantasy, a desire to aid and protect someone else, typically the real criminal, and revenge. Romeo also suffered from antisocial personality disorder as well as borderline personality disorder, these two conditions may also have led him to making the false confession. Another factor contributing to Romeo's false confession was the fact that the police investigation was severely disorganized. Police officers frequently lost evidence and failed to keep records of their investigation. Lastly, the jury put too much emphasis on Mrs. Roy's eyewitness testimony. Many believe that eye witness testimony are credible but in fact, they make incorrect eyewitness identifications at an alarming rate. Innocence Project’s first 225 exoneration's of wrongly convicted persons in the US, 77% of the convictions had been based on mistaken eyewitness identification.]]> 2019-12-01 21:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418217394 Romeo Phillion after suing Ottawa police and two detectives for $14 million erykavb98 https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418224726 This is relevant to the topic because he is happy for suing the people that kept him in prison for 3 decades.]]> 2019-12-01 22:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418224726 Kingston Penitentiary in Ontario erykavb98 https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418226323 This is where Romeo Phillion spent 31 years of his life for a murder he didn't commit.]]> 2019-12-01 22:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418226323 Romeo Phillion's police report erykavb98 https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418230412 This is Romeo Phillion's written confession to the police for the murder.]]> 2019-12-01 23:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418230412 This is a video of the timeline of what happened in the case of Romeo Phillion erykavb98 https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418231650 This is relevant because it shows everything that happened and what he went through.]]> 2019-12-01 23:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418231650 This is a video of the organization that helped Romeo Phillion prove his innocence erykavb98 https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418242706 This is relevant because this organization helped many of innocent victims become free.]]> 2019-12-02 00:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418242706 This video is about Wrongful Conviction Day erykavb98 https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418245524 This is relevant because this day is celebrating the innocent people that were wrongfully convicted]]> 2019-12-02 00:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418245524 This article is about Romeo Phillion's life from when he was born until he died erykavb98 https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418247792 This is relevant because it shows exactly what kind of person Romeo Phillion was.]]> 2019-12-02 00:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418247792 This article is about Romeo Phillion seeking compensation for his wrongful conviction erykavb98 https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418249171 This is relevant because there are a lot of wrongfully convicted people that want compensation but don't always get it.]]> 2019-12-02 01:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418249171 This article is about the family of the murdered firefighter and how they believe Romeo Phillion is guilty erykavb98 https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418250849 This is relevant because it makes it difficult for Romeo's family to move on.]]> 2019-12-02 01:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418250849 Case Study Questions erykavb98 https://padlet.com/erykavb98/tv25ar9lifju/wish/418880861 1.    I’m completing my case study on Romeo Phillion.
2.    Romeo Phillion was wrongfully convicted of murdering Leopold Roy and served 31 years in prison until he was proven innocent.
3.    The police had tunnel vision because once Romeo confessed to the crime, they didn’t do more research. There was mistaken eyewitness testimony because Mildred Roy (Leopold Roy’s wife) picked four other people out of pictures shown to her stating this person did it but still chose Romeo. Romeo Phillion gave a false confession because a need to draw attention to himself, his inability to distinguish fact from fantasy, his desire to protect someone else, and revenge. There was flawed forensic and expert testimony because the police failed to keep all the records and lost many others.
4.    Romeo Phillion did not receive compensation because when he sued the Ottawa police and two of the detectives, he had to wait but unfortunately 9 months later he died.
5.    I think that wrongly convicted persons do deserve compensation, how much they get depends on how long they were in prison for.
6.    What surprised me the most was that Romeo Phillion was in prison for 31 years before he was proven innocent.
7.    I’m most likely to remember from this research the fact that the police force is messed up and most of them don’t care who they put in jail, as long as they get noticed for it or get a lot of money for putting innocent people away. 

 

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