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The Trial of Steven Truscott

Author : Isabel Lebourdais
Publisher : Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trial of Steven Truscott written by Isabel Lebourdais and published by Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart. This book was released on 1966 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1960 at the age of 14, Steven Truscott was sentenced to death for the murder of Lynne Harper, aged 12yrs. Truscott was in a death cell for most of 4 months; then his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He spent the next 3 years in the Guelph Training School, and in January 1963 was transferred to the federal penitentiary at Kingston, Ontario. But was he guilty? The author reviews the case and presents evidence of his innocence.

Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death

Author : Bill Swan
Publisher : Lorimer
ISBN 13 : 1459400747
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death written by Bill Swan and published by Lorimer. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At fourteen, Steve Truscott was a typical teenager in rural Ontario in the fifties, mainly concerned about going fishing, playing football, and racing bikes with his friends. One summer evening, his twelve-year-old classmate, Lynne Harper, asked for a lift to the nearby highway on his bicycle and Steve agreed. Unfortunately, that made Steve the last person known to see Lynne alive. His world collapsed around him when he was arrested and then convicted of killing Lynne Harper. The penalty at the time was death by hanging. Although the sentence was changed to life in prison, Steve suffered for years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit. When his case gained national attention, the Supreme Court of Canada reviewed the evidence -- and confirmed his conviction. It took over forty years and a determination to prove his innocence for him to finally clear his name. He has since received an apology and compensation for his ordeal. In this book, young readers will discover how an innocent boy was presumed guilty by the justice system, and how in the end, that same justice system, prodded by Truscott and his lawyers, was able to acknowledge the terrible wrong done to him. [Fry reading level - 4.8

Until You are Dead

Author : Julian Sher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Until You are Dead written by Julian Sher and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Innocence Lost

Author : Beverley Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781897289365
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Innocence Lost written by Beverley Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the WGBH Educational Foundation provide an online supplement to the "Frontline" television program entitled "Innocence Lost the Plea." The program originally aired on May 27, 1997. The supplement and program focused on the case of the Little Rascals Day Care in Edenton, North Carolina. The owners and staff members were charged with 400 counts child sexual abuse against 29 children. Profiles of the defendants, a timeline of the case, and other materials are available online.

Who Killed Lynne Harper?

Author : Bill Trent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780888901156
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Who Killed Lynne Harper? written by Bill Trent and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True crime, Canada, Steven Truscott.

The Steven Truscott Story

Author : Bill Trent
Publisher : Manitoba Department of Education, Special Materials Services, 1979?] (Winnipeg : Xerox of Canada)
ISBN 13 : 9780671802264
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Steven Truscott Story written by Bill Trent and published by Manitoba Department of Education, Special Materials Services, 1979?] (Winnipeg : Xerox of Canada). This book was released on 1975 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Convicting the Innocent

Author : Brandon L. Garrett
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674060989
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Convicting the Innocent written by Brandon L. Garrett and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 20, 1984, Earl Washington—defended for all of forty minutes by a lawyer who had never tried a death penalty case—was found guilty of rape and murder in the state of Virginia and sentenced to death. After nine years on death row, DNA testing cast doubt on his conviction and saved his life. However, he spent another eight years in prison before more sophisticated DNA technology proved his innocence and convicted the guilty man. DNA exonerations have shattered confidence in the criminal justice system by exposing how often we have convicted the innocent and let the guilty walk free. In this unsettling in-depth analysis, Brandon Garrett examines what went wrong in the cases of the first 250 wrongfully convicted people to be exonerated by DNA testing. Based on trial transcripts, Garrett’s investigation into the causes of wrongful convictions reveals larger patterns of incompetence, abuse, and error. Evidence corrupted by suggestive eyewitness procedures, coercive interrogations, unsound and unreliable forensics, shoddy investigative practices, cognitive bias, and poor lawyering illustrates the weaknesses built into our current criminal justice system. Garrett proposes practical reforms that rely more on documented, recorded, and audited evidence, and less on fallible human memory. Very few crimes committed in the United States involve biological evidence that can be tested using DNA. How many unjust convictions are there that we will never discover? Convicting the Innocent makes a powerful case for systemic reforms to improve the accuracy of all criminal cases.

The Way the Crow Flies

Author : Ann-Marie MacDonald
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007171722
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Way the Crow Flies written by Ann-Marie MacDonald and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2004 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madeleine learns about the ambiguity of human morality when a murder occurs on the air force base where she lives as a child and the lessons are reinforced years later when the search for the killer is renewed.

Steven Truscott

Author : Nate Hendley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781927400210
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Steven Truscott written by Nate Hendley and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine taking a classmate on a bike ride one spring evening. In the days to follow, the classmate is found dead, and a 14-year-old stand accused of rape and murder. Such was the fate of Steven Truscott, living with his family on an Army base in small-town Ontario in 1959. Readers will learn the shocking true story of a terrible case of injustice and the decades-long fight to clear Truscott's name.

Drop Dead

Author : Lorna Poplak
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459738233
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Drop Dead written by Lorna Poplak and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-07-29 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Confederation in 1867 until the abolition of the death penalty in 1976, 704 people were hanged in Canada. The book examines how trial, conviction, and punishment operated then, and the relevance of capital punishment today. It profiles notable individuals: victims, murderers, judges, jurors, the wrongfully convicted ... and the hangman.

Why Dissent Matters

Author : William Kaplan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773550844
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Why Dissent Matters written by William Kaplan and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances Kelsey was a quiet Canadian doctor and scientist who stood up to a huge pharmaceutical company wanting to market a new drug - thalidomide - and prevented an American tragedy. The nature writer Rachel Carson identified an emerging environmental disaster and pulled the fire alarm. Public protests, individual dissenters, judges, and juries can change the world - and they do. A wide-ranging and provocative work on controversial subjects, Why Dissent Matters tells a story of dissent and dissenters - people who have been attacked, bullied, ostracized, jailed, and, sometimes when it is all over, celebrated. William Kaplan shows that dissent is noisy, messy, inconvenient, and almost always time-consuming, but that suppressing it is usually a mistake - it’s bad for the dissenter but worse for the rest of us. Drawing attention to the voices behind international protests such as Occupy Wall Street and Boycott, Divest, and Sanction, he contends that we don’t have to do what dissenters want, but we should listen to what they say. Our problems are not going away. There will always be abuses of power to confront, wrongs to right, and new opportunities for dissenting voices to say, "Stop, listen to me." Why Dissent Matters may well lead to a different and more just future.

Unlucky to the End

Author : Richard W. Pound
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773560394
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Unlucky to the End written by Richard W. Pound and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2007-08-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 12 March 1976 Calgary police officer Allan Keith Harrison was shot and killed following a robbery at the Inglewood Credit Union. By the end of the year, Janise Marie Gamble, a twenty-one year-old girl from Peterborough, Ontario, had been convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to the mandatory twenty-five to life. It was clear that Gamble had not fired the shot that killed Harrison, but it was less clear whether she had participated in the robbery that had led to his murder.

Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq

Author : Bill Swan
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 1459404408
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq written by Bill Swan and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a black teen was murdered in a Sydney, Cape Breton park late one night, his young companion, Donald Marshall Jr., became a prime suspect. Sydney police coached two teens to testify against Donald which helped convict him of a murder he did not commit. He spent 11 years in prison until he finally got a lucky break. Not only was he eventually acquitted of the crime, but a royal commission inquiry into his wrongful conviction found that a non-aboriginal youth would not have been convicted in the first place. Donald became a First Nations activist and later won a landmark court case in favour of native fishing rights. He was often referred to as the "reluctant hero" of the Mi'kmaq community.

Earth and High Heaven

Author : Gwethalyn Graham
Publisher : Cormorant Books
ISBN 13 : 1770860312
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Earth and High Heaven written by Gwethalyn Graham and published by Cormorant Books. This book was released on 2003-08-02 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Erika Drake, of the Westmount Drakes, met and fell in love with Marc Reiser, a Jew from northern Ontario, their respective worlds were turned upside down. Set against the backdrop of the first three years of the Second World War, Earth and High Heaven captured the hearts and minds of its generation and helped to shape the more diverse and inclusive culture we have today. Published in 1944, this classic novel was very timely; it spoke of the prejudices of its time, when Gentiles and Jews did not mix in society. Earth and High Heaven was the most successful novel of its time, winning many awards and prizes, including the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 1945 (an award founded to reward books that exposed racism or explored the richness of human diversity). It was translated into eighteen languages and the film rights were purchased by Samuel Goldwyn for a remarkable $100,000. Earth and High Heaven was the first Canadian novel to top the New York Times bestseller list for the better part of a year.

The Boy on the Bicycle

Author : Nate Hendley
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 145974912X
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book The Boy on the Bicycle written by Nate Hendley and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night of September 15, 1956, a seven-year-old child was murdered on the deserted grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto. The main suspect was a teenage boy seen near the crime scene on a bicycle. Toronto police arrested Ron Moffatt, a fourteen-year-old former CNE employee who vaguely fit the description of the suspect. During a tough interrogation, Ron falsely confessed and was convicted at trial. In truth, Ron couldn’t ride a bicycle and was innocent; his phony admission was the product of fear and pressure tactics. The real culprit — sex offender and serial killer Peter Woodcock — remained at large, preying on new victims. This shocking story has eerie parallels to the Steven Truscott case (which also involved a fourteen-year-old Ontario boy accused of murder) but has been largely forgotten until now. A powerful account about a coerced confession, a fumbled police investigation and the crusading lawyer who fought to free Ron from custody.

Shadow of Doubt

Author : Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781773101668
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Shadow of Doubt written by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Revised and expanded edition of the 2016 publication on the murder of Richard Oland and the trial of Dennis Oland (his son who was accused of killing him). The new edition covers Oland's successful appeal against the initial conviction and the new trial that took place this year."--

Innocence on Trial

Author : Joan McEwen
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 1772030031
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Innocence on Trial written by Joan McEwen and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2014-09-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early-1980s Vancouver, Ivan Henry was an ex-convict still adjusting to civilian life when he was detained on a break-and-enter charge. A short time later he found himself on trial for ten charges of sexual assault—crimes he vehemently denied committing. Henry spent twenty-seven years in prison before a 2010 DNA test proved his innocence and secured his release. To this day, however, he has not been compensated or publicly exonerated. This is a powerful, heartbreaking, frustrating story of justice miscarried and an innocent man who fell through the cracks.