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CBC's Fifth Estate to feature Mullins-Johnson

Team selected to probe 142 shaken baby cases

  • By: The Toronto Star | thestar.com
  • 12/02/2008
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Woman Wrongly Convicted In Murder Case Released

  • By: KETV News, Omaha Nebraska
  • 12/02/2008
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Ontario to launch review of shaken baby cases

  • By: The Globe and Mail
  • 12/01/2008
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Judges to decide Phillion's fate

  • By: The Globe and Mail
  • 11/28/2008
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'I was so naive, so stupid'

  • By: THE CANADIAN PRESS
  • 11/28/2008
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'I signed my life away for something I didn't do'

  • By: The Ottawa Citizen
  • 11/27/2008
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Lawyers at Phillion wrongful conviction at odds over false-confession expert

  • By: THE CANADIAN PRESS
  • 11/27/2008
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Alibi confusion a problem, judge in Phillion case says

  • By: The Globe and Mail
  • 11/27/2008
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Phillion appeal judges urged to ignore study of false confessions

  • By: The Ottawa Citizen
  • 11/27/2008
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Judges reserve decision in Phillion appeal

  • By: The Toronto Star | thestar.com
  • 11/27/2008
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Judges dismiss 'simplistic' Crown theory

  • By: The Globe and Mail
  • 11/26/2008
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False confession expert unreliable, Phillion hearing told

  • By: The Toronto Star | thestar.com
  • 11/26/2008
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Too late to retry Phillion, defence, prosecution agree

  • By: The Globe and Mail
  • 11/21/2008
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Confession 'probably false,' Phillion appeal trial hears

  • By: The Ottawa Citizen
  • 11/20/2008
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Romeo Phillion believed he could benefit from false confession, lawyer says

  • By: The Toronto Star | thestar.com
  • 11/20/2008
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Phillion a 'hapless' ne'er-do-well, court told

  • By: The Globe and Mail
  • 11/20/2008
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Appeal court questions Phillion's murder confession motivations

  • By: Canwest News Service
  • 11/20/2008
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Confession made officer lose objectivity, lawyer says

  • By: The Globe and Mail
  • 11/19/2008
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Motives of Crown questioned in Phillion appeal

  • By: The Globe and Mail
  • 11/18/2008
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Crown's integrity at issue in appeal

  • By: The Toronto Star | thestar.com
  • 11/18/2008
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Wrongly convicted St. Louis man sues

Crown integrity an issue at Romeo Phillion wrongful conviction hearing

  • By: THE CANADIAN PRESS
  • 11/17/2008
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14 Years Later, Wrongly Convicted Man Released

Watson: Case 'dissolved'

  • By: The New Zealand Herald
  • 11/02/2008
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Meeting Mr. Big

Armed with lies, they hunt for the truth

Goudge blasts child pathology system

Accusation about Milgaard's mother is simply unfair

Wrongful conviction victims share horror stories

Is the British system the right response to wrongful convictions?

Wrongfully convicted man sues former Ont. pathologist

Judge's blast not enough, wrongfully convicted man says

Report blasts officials for shielding renegade pathologist

Recommendations 'bang on,' family head says

Goudge recommendations 'right thing to do': Bentley

Payout urged in Smith probe

Inquiry blasts pathologist Smith and his overseers

Charles Smith Autopsy Scandal; Goudge report due this week

Mom's the word: Milgaard ruling incomprehensible

Judge's criticism called unfair

  • By: The Winnipeg Free Press
  • 09/28/2008
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Canada needs new system for wrongful conviction reviews: Milgaard report

Joyce Milgaard thanks journalists

You'd think Fisher would have gotten a better look

Police missed opportunity to reopen case

Conviction review process needs to change: MacCallum

Judge set to release long-awaited report in Milgaard inquiry

  • By: The Canadian Press
  • 09/25/2008
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Milgaard report to be released Friday

City of Winnipeg to vote on $1.61-million portion of settlement for man jailed 13 years

Driskell to get $4 million for wrongful conviction

  • By: Winnipeg Free Press
  • 09/20/2008
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Baltovich seeks compensation from Ont. for wrongful prosecution

Baltovich seeking compensation for wrongful prosecution

Wrongful conviction triggers B.C. review

Truscott tale told from the heart

Truscott's story on stage was lived by local audience

Witness accused of being hired gun

Experts tussle over Romeo Phillion's confession

Science can't detect false confession, court told

Milgaard report due out within weeks, lawyer says

Ontario's top cop has a call to make

Group behind Truscott victory mulls widening focus to non-murder convictions

Province failed in expressing sorrow, regret to Truscott

49 years after wrongful conviction province gives him $6.5 million in compensation

Wife rewarded for efforts

  • By: The London Free Press
  • 07/08/2008
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STEVEN AND MARLENE TRUSCOTT RESPOND TO ATTORNEY GENERAL’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMPENSATION

  • By: Release: Steven and Marlene Truscott
  • 07/07/2008
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Truscott to receive $6.5-million

Being wrong can be costly

Acquitted man demands justice reforms

Bernardo confessed to sex-crime Ontario man was convicted for

Judge to hear arguments from Walsh's lawyers

Baltovich's lawyer pans police interview of Bernardo

Glimpse of a schoolgirl killer

Agitated Bernardo denies Bain slaying in 2007 video interview

Judge releases Bernardo tape

Crown's star witness in Driskell case dies

'View students address MPPs

  • By: Caledon Enterprise
  • 05/28/2008
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Putting legislative cart before horse

Attorney General rules out inquiry

Baltovich case doesn't warrant inquiry, Attorney-General says

New twist in Baltovich acquittal

Compensate Truscott, House says

Silver adds voice to social justice concert

  • By: The Mississauga News
  • 05/06/2008
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Exclusive: Robert Baltovich Ponders His Past And Future After Being Cleared Of Murder

Robert Baltovich cleared after 18 years

Baltovich 18-year wait not easily explained

Rosie DiManno’s profoundly wacky campaign against Robert Baltovich

You're feeling very sleepy

Calls for probe into failed Baltovich prosecution grow louder; McGuinty mulling

Baltovich probe should focus on judge's bias, lawyer says

Holding the justice system to a higher standard

Lawyer James Lockyer at Toronto Reference Library this Friday

  • By: Release: Toronto Public Library
  • 04/23/2008
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Baltovich case flawed from start

Baltovich rejected murder-trial bargain

Prison video, circumstantial evidence point to Bernardo as suspect

Baltovich goes free

Not guilty verdict in Baltovich murder trial

Baltovich acquitted of murder

Robert Baltovich Reacts To Not Guilty Verdict

Baltovich retrial delayed

MPP Sandals calls on province to compensate Truscott

Second Murder Trial For Robert Baltovich Set To Begin

Stage set in murder case against Baltovich

Jury selection begins in Baltovich re-trial

Accused pathologist a hapless scapegoat, judge told

Jury selection underway in delayed retrial of Robert Baltovich

'I'm a free man'

Dying man acquitted of 1975 murder conviction

Man faces grim deadline for appeal

  • By: United Press International
  • 03/09/2008
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Suspect flubbed account, court told

Will Charles Smith be held accountable?

The Macleans.ca Interview: William Mullins-Johnson

Province adds funds to finish Milgaard report

Defence lawyer fighting for justice

Judges allow expert witnesses too much latitude, inquiry told

Nicholson asks N.B. court to review dying man's murder conviction

Ron Dalton . Hold the 'experts' to account

Smith testified in U.S. death case

Smith mulls fate of children taken from families

Then, grace became the innocent

Smith describes himself as 'profoundly ignorant'

Centre of the pediatric inquiry storm

Lawyers renew battle after 35 years

Crown kept defence in the dark about evidence clearing Phillion: lawyer

Convicted murderer Romeo Phillion fears he may not see outcome of his exoneration bid

Ontario court reviews 1972 murder conviction

Testifying for defence a thankless task for pathologists, report concludes

Review deaths of 142 children, official urges

Truscott on playbill: Blyth Festival will produce a play about how the teen was convicted in nearby Clinton

Steven Truscott case inspires stage play

  • By: The Canadian Press
  • 01/07/2008
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Lawyers call for review of senior Ottawa pathologist's work to make sure 'nothing went wrong'

Massive review of baby deaths sought

Four New Canadian Plays Will Emerge at Ontario's Blyth Festival in Summer 2008

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