Criminology 3503 -- Wrongful Conviction! -- Room MMH308, MWF 11.30-12.30     course outline    gradesheet

week one -- sept 03-05 introduction
wed - issues
fri - noclass
week five -- sept 29-03 NDTR theme: stories
mon-- proposal review video
wed-- ch05 Morin
fri-- cont.; video
week nine -- oct 27-31 theme: forensics1
mon--  in lieu of class #7
wed-- Charles Smith; ch09 Mullins
fri-- class cancelled
week thirteen -- nov 24-28
mon - ch10 Ending wc's
wed - xtra Innocence Commissions
fri -other reforms...
week two -- sept 8-12 theme: factors
mon-- ch01 Marginality
wed-- class cancelled
fri-- cont.
week six -- oct 6-10 theme: danger signs
mon-- ch06 Sophonow
wed-- xtra: cognitive biases #4
fri-- xtra, Dangerfield2 [proposals due]
week ten --nov 03-07 theme: forensics2
mon --  xtra: Clayton Johnson (NS)
wed-- xtra: Everett Farmer #8
fri-- ch07 Truscott; xtra: strategies
week fourteen -- dec 01-05
mon - this week for working
on projects
week three -- sept 15-19 theme: bias1
mon-- issues of marginality cont
wed-- ch02 Marshall
fri -- cont. #1
week seven -- oct 13-17 theme: prosecution1
mon - Thanksgiving Uni closed
wed - 08 Driskell
fri - xtra: Unger #5
week eleven -- nov 10-14
mon - Reading week
Remembrance 11.11
week fifteen -- dec 08-12
mon - xam preview
09lastday -- projects due
week four -- sept 22-26 theme: bias2
mon-- ch03 Milgaard, video
wed-- class cancelled #2
fri-- in lieu of class #3
week eight -- oct 20-24 theme: prosecution2
mon - xtra: Harper
wed - cont.
fri -- xtra: Gruenke #6
week twelve -- nov 17-21 new cases
mon - xtra: Erin Walsh (NB)
wed - xtra: Nelson Hart (Nfld)
fri - xtra: Glen Assoun (NS)
exam --12.12@2pm MMH203

xtra: Cameron Todd Willingham
ch04 Coffin; xtra: CP5

engagement exercises:
#1. 9.19. Is the Marshall case an example of fault-based, or cognitive-based?
#2. 9.24. Read the description of Milgaard's case at www.innocencecanada.com, briefly describe whether it is fault-based, or cognitive-based, or both.
#3. 9.26. Justice Kaufman said 'tunnel vision' was a key issue in the Morin case. Watch the research video and describe the places it is at work, Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt, 45 mins, https://youtu.be/qqEcCpQgtrg One page single-spaced, can be done with a friend, emailed or handed in Monday along with Wednesday's assignment.
#4 10.08. Why is the victim's perspective important?
#5. 10.17. Is it morally justifiable to go outside the law to uphold it?
#6. 10.24. What is your verdict in the Gruenke case?
#7. 10.27. Watch 'Death in the Family', and describe the 'social harm' in the case, for handin Wed.
William Mullins-Johnson, A Death in the Family, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la9XPFrC6bo
#8. 11.05. How do you vote in the case of Everett Farmer?


news:
--"After 33 years in prison for murders he denies committing, Quebec man’s case getting another look," October 29, 2025. video duration 6:40
"After decades pleading innocence regarding murders in 1992 and exhausting every legal avenue, Daniel Jolivet has reason to be hopeful. A Quebec Crown prosecutor has re-analyzed evidence presented during his trial, and has concluded a miscarriage of justice may have been committed." https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6959240
--"City of Winnipeg proposes $7M settlement in wrongful conviction case tied to 1973 murder." City’s contribution would help settle lawsuits filed by Brian Anderson, Allan Woodhouse, Clarence Woodhouse. CBC 10.15.2025

Cameron MacLean · CBC News · Posted: Oct 15, 2025

video resources:
Donald Marshall, Justice Denied https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cziudlflPCU
Clayton Johnson case, Tide of Suspicion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_r9j_ButSw
George Dangerfield, The Wrong Man https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1585668822
Steven Truscott: His Word Against History, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=562_IVNY8Mg
William Mullins-Johnson, A Death in the Family, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la9XPFrC6bo
David Milgaard, Blood on the Snow, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqZ-HtA3c7Q
Guy Paul Morin, Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqEcCpQgtrg
'The Wrong Man' video (1st 10 mins); 'Wrong Man' vid (last 20)
ch09 Mullins 'Family' video
'Justice Denied' video