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
wed-- ch05 Morin
fri--
week nine -- oct 27-31 theme: forensics1
mon-- xtra: Dr Charles Smith
wed-- ch09 Mullins
fri-- 
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-- xtra: cognitive biases;
wed-- xtra, Gruenke
fri-- xtra, Harper [proposals due]
week ten --nov 03-07 theme: forensics2
mon -- xtra: CP5
wed-- xtra: Clayton Johnson (NS)
fri-- xtra: Cameron Todd Willingham
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 - Thanks uni closed
wed - xtra: Dangerfield2
fri - ch06 Sophonow
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--
week eight -- oct 20-24 theme: prosecution2
mon - ch07 Truscott
wed - 08 Driskell, (Unger)
fri -- xtra: strategies
week twelve -- nov 17-21 new cases
mon - xtra: Erin Walsh (NB)
wed - xtra: Nelson Hart (Nfld)
fri - xtra: Glen Assoun (NS)
exam --

xtra: Everett Farmer
ch04 Coffin

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.

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