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Court frees mother jailed on testimony of Dr. Smith
Linda Nguyen, Postmedia News, Jun. 8, 2011
An Ontario mother was vindicated Tuesday in the murder of her toddler son, nearly two decades since his death and after spending more than 13 years in prison, largely based on the faulty testimony of discredited pathologist Charles Smith. "I'm free. I am free," said a visibly shaken Tammy Marquardt...

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Charges withdrawn against man in alleged sex assault of disabled woman
Nov26. 2010
Jack White naturally smiles a lot. He wasn't about to stop Friday outside Superior Court when the Crown withdrew charges against him...

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Mullins-Johnson awarded $4.25M for wrongful conviction
Nov.26, 2010.
An Ontario man who was wrongly convicted of killing his niece will receive $4.25 million in compensation...

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Compensation for Ontario victims of forensic pathology scandal
Nov.26, 2010.
Those charged or convicted based on flawed evidence from Charles Smith eligible for up to $250,000...

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Orillia man's 1995 sex assault conviction quashed
Nov.26, 2010.

Jack White had a broad smile on his face outside Ontario's Court of Appeal after a panel Wednesday quashed his 1995 conviction for the sexual assault of a developmentally disabled woman ...

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John Robert White - Court of Appeal Judgment
Nov.26, 2010.
In 1995, the appellant was convicted of sexual assault based on an allegation that he assaulted a resident at the Huronia Regional Centre. Since his conviction ...

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Man jailed in Bernardo crime sues government
Nov.26, 2010.
A man sent to jail for a crime notorious sex killer Paul Bernardo later confessed to has filed a $1.1-million lawsuit, claiming his wrongful conviction...

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Crown withdraws Phillion
murder charge
Nov.26, 2010.
Romeo Phillion returned to an Ottawa court on his 71st birthday Thursday, when the Crown withdrew a murder charge laid against him nearly 40 years ago and a judge expressed "regret" for all that occurred...

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Phillion murder charge dropped
Nov.26, 2010

Crown prosecutors have withdrawn a murder charge against Romeo Phillion, who spent 32 years behind bars for the 1967 stabbing death of an Ottawa firefighter, saying Thursday there was no longer any reasonable prospect of conviction...

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