https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s By: Jodie Traynor en-us 2018-11-14 17:03:40 UTC 2025-09-24 22:56:20 UTC hello@padlet.com jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304419117 The Guy Paul Morin case was the second major wrongful conviction case to occur in the modern era of the Canadian criminal justice system. The case was a compendium of official error — from inaccurate eyewitness testimony and police tunnel vision, to scientific bungling and the suppression of evidence.]]> 2018-11-14 17:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304419117 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304432382 Guy Paul Morin was arrested in April 1985 for the rape and murder of of his nine-year-old next-door neighbor, Christine Jessop of Queensville, Ontario. ]]> 2018-11-14 17:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304432382 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304442808 On October 3, 1984, Jessop was dropped off at her home from her school bus with both of her parents out. She was last seen by the owner of a nearby convenience store where she had gone to buy bubble gum. Her body was discovered on December 31, nearly three months later. She had been sexually assaulted and murdered. The picture of the young girl that circulated during her disappearance. ]]> 2018-11-14 17:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304442808 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304444126 At the time of Christine’s disappearance, Guy Paul Morin was working as a finishing sander with a furniture manufacturing firm. He also played the saxophone and clarinet, was a bee-keeper, and helped his father with renovations on the family home. Guy and his parents would later testify that on the day Christine vanished, Guy had brought the groceries in, taken a nap and then worked on the renovations until after dinner.
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. During this interview, Guy did not say anything that objectively could have been construed as a confession nor did he give any indication that he was responsible for Christine’s death. Nonetheless, the officers suspected he was responsible for her murder. The police thought it strange that Guy knew that Christine’s remains had been found across the Ravenshoe Road despite the fact it was public knowledge at the time. They also did not like the sound of a comment he made to the effect that “All little girls are sweet and beautiful, but grow up to be corrupt.” In addition, Guy made a snarky remark about his innocence, perhaps because he was irritated at being treated as a suspect.

]]> 2018-11-14 17:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304444126 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304449583 The young girls remains were located on December 31, 1985 in the small town of Sunderland, Ontario on Ravenshoe Road. An aerial view of Ravenshoe Road where the remains of Christine Jessop was found ]]> 2018-11-14 18:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304449583 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304456537 https://youtu.be/rnS553JCTz0 The family is still seeking answers. ]]> 2018-11-14 18:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304456537 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304458158 Police had quickly zeroed in on Guy Paul Morin. He was described as the weird neighbor and that is what the police went on. After this interview, the investigators obtained Guy’s time card from work, which suggested that it would have been difficult or impossible for Guy to return from his job and abduct Christine before her parents’ return. However, the police remained convinced that this “weird-type guy” had sexually assaulted and murdered her.
Guy was arrested on April 22, 1985. Later that evening, the police searched the Morin home and took samples of his hair, blood, and saliva, which Guy voluntarily gave. During his six-hour interrogation, Guy repeatedly stated that he was innocent, but a full decade would elapse before his exoneration.

]]> 2018-11-14 18:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304458158 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304462345 2018-11-14 18:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304462345 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304462688 On January 7, 1986, the first of Guy’s two trials began. During this four-week event, the jury heard expert evidence suggesting that a hair stuck in Christine’s necklace “matched” Guy’s hair sample, and similarly, that three hairs found in Guy’s car “matched” Christine’s. Further, the experts testified that a number of fibers located on Christine’s clothing and recorder case could have come from Guy’s home and car.
The jury also heard from two of Guy’s cellmates – Mr. May and someone identified only as “Mr. X” – that he had confessed to killing Christine while incarcerated prior to his trial. Guy, in fact, never confessed anything in prison.
The defense team maintained that it was impossible for Guy to have left work at the hour indicated on his time card and have arrived at Christine’s house with enough time to commit the crime. Guy’s lawyers also argued that the hair and fiber evidence did not really prove anything, and they called their own experts who disagreed with the Crown experts’ analysis.
On February 7, 1986, the jury reached a verdict of not guilty. Guy was acquitted and set free. However, his struggle to clear his name had only just begun. 

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He was brought to Whitby, where no matter the evidence against him, his fate was sealed. Morin was acquitted in 1986, but a new trial was ordered by the Ontario Court of Appeal. At this second trial, Morin was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. 
He appealed and in 1995 was exonerated by DNA testing.

]]> 2018-11-14 18:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304463994 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304466236 https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/8770748-ontario-cold-case-steady-stream-of-tips-continues-for-christine-jessop]]> 2018-11-14 18:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304466236 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304467515 https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/10/25/wrong-verdict-for-the-wrongfully-convicted.html
Wrongful convictions occupy a unique niche among causes and crusades. Whenever one is exposed, the result is invariably tremendous publicity and public clamor. The unraveling murder convictions of Donald Marshall, Guy Paul Morin, Steven Truscott and David Milgaard alone resulted in thousands of articles and broadcasts. ]]> 2018-11-14 18:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304467515 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304470722 2018-11-14 18:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304470722 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304471357 https://youtu.be/DE_GlEdW5uQ
An interview after the exoneration of Guy Paul Morin done by the Fifth Estate and how his life is after the wrongful conviction of the murder of Christine Jessop]]> 2018-11-14 18:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304471357 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304473804 https://youtu.be/qqEcCpQgtrg 
For ten years, Guy spent his life in limbo. He lost ten years of his life and he is not angry. He commemorates the scientists for his freedom, for his exoneration. This video explains that Guy had asked for DNA testing to prove that he did not kill Christine Jessop however, it was not for ten years that the truth came out and his DNA was not a match. 

]]> 2018-11-14 18:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304473804 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304480196 https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/8560131-ontario-cold-case-christine-jessop-s-tale-one-of-tragedy-little-redemption]]> 2018-11-14 18:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304480196 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304489508 2018-11-14 19:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304489508 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304492039 2018-11-14 19:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304492039 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304492535 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/christine-jessop-s-family-waits-for-justice]]> 2018-11-14 19:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304492535 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304492766  A retired Quebec judge, Alan Gold, was hired by the Ontario government to negotiate compensation for the Morin family. He ultimately recommended that the family be paid $1.25 million. The province agreed. ]]> 2018-11-14 19:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304492766 jodie_psw https://padlet.com/jodie_psw/un0vs7qgpe6s/wish/304497695  The Jessop family came apart soon after Morin’s conviction. Bob and Janet Jessop split up and sold their home in Queensville, while Ken Jessop moved to the Niagara Falls area and worked primarily as a disc jockey. He created a website, Justice for Christine Jessop.
Morin used his compensation payment to purchase a tract of land with a farmhouse north of Toronto. Shortly after his exoneration, he married a member of a support team that had gathered to advocate for his innocence. The couple have two sons. Morin gained certification as a piano tuner, opened a small business named Paul’s Handiworks and later obtained full-time employment at Toronto’s Pearson Airport as a maintenance worker.
Over the years, Morin avoided speaking to the media or making public appearances. “I don’t have any bitterness about the past,” he said in one of his last interviews. “It’s true that I’ve have had my little spurts of anger, but I knew my day of exoneration would come.” 

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