2008, ISBN: 9781156968505

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Steven Truscott, David Milgaard, Donald Marshall, Jr, Robert Baltovich, Martensville Satanic Sex Scandal, Romeo Phillion, James Driskell, Guy Paul Morin, Anthony Hanemaayer. Excerpt: Steven Murray Truscott (born January 18, 1945 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian man who was sentenced to Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Steven Truscott, David Milgaard, Donald Marshall, Jr, Robert Baltovich, Martensville Satanic Sex Scandal, Romeo Phillion, James Driskell, Guy Paul Morin, Anthony Hanemaayer. Excerpt: Steven Murray Truscott (born January 18, 1945 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian man who was sentenced to death in 1959, when he was a 14-year old student, for the alleged murder of classmate Lynne Harper. His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and he continued to maintain his innocence until 2007, when his conviction was declared a miscarriage of justice and he was formally acquitted of the crime. On July 7, 2008, the government of Ontario awarded him $6.5 million in compensation. Truscott was scheduled to be hanged on December 8, 1959; however, a temporary reprieve on November 20, 1959 postponed his execution to February 16, 1960 to allow for an appeal. On January 22, 1960, his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Truscott was the youngest person to be sentenced to death in Canada, and his case gave major impetus toward the abolition of the death penalty in Canada. On November 29, 2001, Truscott filed a section 690 Criminal Code application for a review of his 1959 murder conviction. Hearings in a review of the Truscott case were heard at the Ontario Court of Appeal. On August 28, 2007, after review of nearly 250 fresh pieces of evidence, the court declared that Truscott's conviction had been a miscarriage of justice. As he was not declared factually innocent, a new trial could have been ordered, but this was a practical impossibility given the passage of time. Accordingly, the court acquitted Truscott of the murder. On June 9, 1959, 12-year-old Lynne Harper disappeared near RCAF Station Clinton, an air force base that. More: Books, , Overturned-Convictions-In-Canada~~Books-Llc, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<