Criminology 3503 Wrongful Conviction! fall 2024, MWF 11.30 --> 12.20 TBA  Outline  Classlist


week one 9.04-06 Labour Day
wed -- intro
fri -- no class
week five 9.30-04 NatDayRecon
mon--no class  theme: stories
wed-- no class Q2 video on ch05 Morin
fri-- Everett Farmer
week nine 10.28-01 forensics
mon-- 'Wrong Man' vid (last 20) Q5
wed-- ch08 Driskell, (Unger)
fri-- xtra Dangerfield2 Q6
week thirteen 11.25-29
mon-- Erin Walsh (NB)
wed-- Clayton Johnson (NS)
fri-- Nelson Hart (Nfld)
week two 9.09-13 theme: factors
mon-- ch01 Marginality
wed-- xtra: Examining wrongfuls
fri-- cont
week six 10.07-11 theme: danger signs
mon-- xtra: cognitive biases;
wed-- xtra, Gruenke Q3
fri-- no class, work on proposal due
week ten 11.04-08 old cases
mon-- noclass
wed-- xtra: Dr Charles Smith
fri-- ch09 Mullins 'Family' video Q7
week fourteen 12.02-04 wrapup
mon: SW, ch10 Ending wc's
wed: Projects; evals; exam preview
5th last day of classes
week three 9.16-20 theme: bias1
mon-- ch02 Marshall,
wed-- 'Justice Denied' video Q1
week seven 10.14-18 Thanksgiving
mon--no class; theme: prosecution
wed: cont Q4
fri: issues: legal/factual guilt
week eleven 11.11-15 ReadingWk
no classes
week fifteen 12.09-13 ExamWk
12.14 9am Sat
week four 9.23-27 theme: bias2
mon-- ch03 Milgaard, video
wed-- cont.
fri-- proposal review
week eight 10.21-25 prosecution
mon--ch06 Sophonow
wed: noclass
fri: 'The Wrong Man' video (1st 10 mins)
week twelve 11.18-22 old cases
mon-- Smith newscycle
wed-- ch04 Coffin Q8
fri-- ch07 Truscott



Course protocol:
This course is in person, but also uses a hybrid protocol, combining synchronous inclass teaching with asynchronous work, timeshifting class material into a more flexible reality. Using the required course text and notes, guided reading questions and video exercises will be announced in class and through email. The readings are mandatory, exercises are a proxy for class attendance, and all a preparation for a term-length guided independent research project. *This format is flexible, individually-focused, interactive, and indepth* Suggestion: work in dyads or groups. With the ‘hybrid’ format, no class is ever cancelled, just moved online.

Assignments: Most assignments are excuseable but not makeupable
Q1: wed 18th, watch Justice Denied (below), and discuss whether the charge/conviction is fault/error based or a cognitive bias like tunnel vision, racism. Due Fri 20th
Q2: wed 2nd, watch the video for the Guy Paul Morin case (45 mins), and briefly summarize what went wrong, in 2 pages or less, for handin/email on Friday, 4th
Q3: wed 9th, how does your group vote in the Gruenke case.
Q4: wed 16th, have you changed your mind in the Gruenke case?
Q5: mon28th, pick a Dangerfield case, and discuss the social harm to the individual.
Q6: fri 11.01, were Dangerfield's cases cognitive or fault-based?
Q7: fri 11.08, in lieu of class, what was the social harm in the Mullins case (video below)
Q8: w 11.20, wrt Coffin case, was this justice at its best? 
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Main videos:
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

Extra videos:
Prisoner 14000, 45 mins, https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/c2782025-w5--prisoner-14000

Resources:  Wrongful Convictions in Canada, 2015, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wrongful-convictions

Note: Recording is not permitted, for privacy and copyright issues, as per S3 of the student academic misconduct policy.