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Innocence at Stake: The Need for Continued Vigilance to Prevent Wrongful Convictions in Canada, 2018, https://www.ppsc-sppc.gc.ca/eng/pub/is-ip/index.html
report with recommendatiosn, 4.25, https://www.ppsc-sppc.gc.ca/eng/pub/is-ip/toc-tdm.html
5 big ideas to stop sentencing innocent people to deathwww.injusticewatch.org/unrequited-innocence/2019/5-big-ideas-to-stop-sentencing-innocent-people-to-death/
"W5: An Indigenous man's quest to clear his name" 25 mins  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCS7uL2jLzU
https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/a-convicted-manitoba-murderer-s-45-year-fight-to-clear-his-name-1.4269043?fbclid=IwAR3vQQNvR-h70ZPkqTs077byXxWTXdOTikR3AKxYlokWlXokPoCKFIv1_3I



inquiries and reports:
Government of Canada. Wrongful Convictions in the Criminal Justice System. 1992. http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection-R/LoPBdP/BP/bp285-e.htm
Report on the Prevention of Miscarriages of Justice. 2005. Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for Justice
Antonio Lamer and Wrongful Convictions. Justice Canada. http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/dept-min/pub/jc/vol9/no1/page5.html
Report of the Kaufman Commission on Proceedings Involving Guy Paul Morin:
The Honourable Fred Kaufman CM QC 31 March 1998 -- edited
http://netk.net.au/Canada/Morin39.asp
Networked Knowledge: Canadian Issues Homepage
http://netk.net.au/CanadaHome.asp
Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard
http://www.justice.gov.sk.ca/milgaard/DMfinal.shtml
Inquiry Into pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario. Goudge Commission.
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/inquiries/goudge/report/v4_en.html


projects and innocence commissions:
Association in Defence of the Wrongfully Convicted: www.aidwyc.org
Medill Innocence Project -- journalism students: http://www.medillinnocenceproject.org/aboutus
Hank Skinner, Texas: sues to have evidence dna tested: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2057836,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily
Anthony McKinney at centre of suit to turn over Project documents: http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/campus/david-protess-turns-over-personal-documents-to-northwestern-1.2481698
Northwestern Law Innocence Project:
Randall Dale Adams: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/txAdamsSummary.html
America's First Murder Wrongful Conviction Case: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/vtBoornSummary.html
Kirk Bloodsworth: First US DNA Death Row Exoneration: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/mdBloodsworthSummary.html
Innocence Project, founded 1992, associated with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University: http://www.innocenceproject.org/
Osgoode Hall Law School Innocence Project: http://www.innocenceproject.ca/
McGill: http://www.mcgill.ca/innocence/history/
UBC: http://www.innocenceproject.law.ubc.ca/
Western Australia: http://www.innocenceprojectwa.org.au/
The case of Lindy Chamberlain: http://www.innocenceprojectwa.org.au/lindy_chamberlain.html
Florida Innocence Project: http://www.floridainnocence.org/
ABA Adopts Policy to Prevent Prosecutors from Withholding Evidence of Innocence: http://floridainnocence.org/content/?p=3461
Northern California Innocence Project
Brandon Garrett's research on hundreds of US cases:
http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/librarysite/garrett_innocent.htm
University of Michigan Innocence Clinic -- this is a non-DNA clinic
http://web.law.umich.edu/_facultybiopage/facultybiopagenew.asp?ID=35
The Conviction Integrity Unit, established in Dallas County Texas in 2007
http://www.smudailycampus.com/news/dallas-citizen-gives-back-after-12-years-in-prison-wrongful-conviction-1.2215495

cases:
"A Reporter at Large. Trial by Fire. Did Texas execute an innocent man?," by David Grann September 7, 2009
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/07/090907fa_fact_grann#ixzz1FOq8Gk00
Stories of Wrongful Conviction from California  -- good vignettes
http://www.deathpenalty.org/article.php?id=407
"Dr. Charles Smith," Aug. 10, 2010 -- good backgrounder
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2009/12/07/f-charles-smith-goudge-inquiry.html
Malenne Joseph, Florida: eyewitness misidentification, faulty police investigation, unwillingness of state attorney to meet to discuss case
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/os-no-botched-conviction-meeting-20110118,0,2760600,full.story
Douglas Warney, New York: false confession, police manipulation, low intelligence, blamed for wrongful conviction by judge
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/Law/20110304/13/3479
Fernando Bermudez, New York: witness coercion, recantation, eyewitness misidentification, prosecutorial misconduct, 18 yrs murder
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_410/mansues.html
announcement of NY Conviction Integrity Program: http://www.manhattanda.org/whatsnew/press/2010-03-04.shtml
Anthony Graves, Texas: sues for denied compensation because ruling doesnèt include phrase 'actual innocence'
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kera/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1769391/North.Texas/Graves.Seeks.Compensation.For.Wrongful.Conviction
Caramad Conley, California: case overturned after disclosed police, prosecutor paid witness,18 yrs murder
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=7979205
Anthony Caravella, Florida: false confession, denied compensation due to previous convictions
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/19/2076060/florida-wont-pay-for-injustice.html
Amina Chaudhary, anothe Charles Smith case? read the Globe story: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/convicted-womans-case-at-heart-of-debate-over-evidence/article1788025/singlepage/
Richard Hauptmann trial in the Lindbergh case, for resources see: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Hauptmann/Hauptmann.htm
Francisco "Franky" Carrillo. read the LA Times story: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-murder-conviction-overturned-20110316,0,3004458,full.story
The wrongful prosecution of Sally Clark: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Clark
For a comment on instinct, also see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2005/aug/03/childrensservices.guardiansocietysupplement/print
Norfolk Four [false confessions], https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-confessions/?fbclid=IwAR0_ZXjU2VMddTjsQI5gbrXKLFPUKe14xWq9_QXI3CE3EqPS0BoeiNddJI4


videos:
www.cbc.ca/fifth/ifjusticefails
www.justice4rinwalshnow.org/background
"A Death in the Family," Fifth Estate -- video
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2008-2009/a_death_in_the_family/dr_charles_smith.html
Steven Truscott - His Word Against History - the fifth estate  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp8WH2x1JLA
Timeline of Truscott case: http://ojen.ca/sites/ojen.ca/files/resources/Steven%20Truscott%20Case%20Timeline.pdf
48 Hours Mystery "Grave Injustice"http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7363660n&tag=re1.channel
Hurricane Carter 40 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYHiRtgo3dA
Tammy Marquardt, Another Innocent Victim of Charles Randall Smith 8mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya4-hLZ0g2M



issues:
"The Wrong Man," http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2009-2010/the_wrong_man/
"Diagnosis Murder" , http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2011-2012/diagnosismurder/
Abadilla 5: eyewitness obviated defence of alibi: http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/talkofthetown/view/20110122-315990/Revisiting-credibility-of-police-witness [cached]
Brian Dueck, 2004: police superintendent resigns over allegations of malicious prosecution in Sask: http://www.injusticebusters.com/04/Dueck_Brian.shtml
Jack Ewatski, 2005: Winnipeg police chief refuses to release internal repirts into police: http://www.injusticebusters.com/05/Ewatski.shtml
Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay: caught in a Mr. Big sting: http://www.injusticebusters.com/Rafay_Burns/Burns_Rafay.shtml
        read more at: http://www.rafayburnsappeal.com/index.html
Plea bargaining called 'coercive': http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/top-jurist-urges-review-of-coercive-plea-bargaining-system/article1933161/
Clayton Ruby on Stinchcombe: http://www.injusticebusters.com/index.htm/Stinchcombe.htm

news:
Charles Smith should be charged with criminal negligence, Comment, By ALAN SHANOFF, Toronto Sun, March 12, 2011 link

RNC chief defends Singleton promotion.
Staff sergeant played a role in wrongful convictions of two men, June 23, 2010, CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/06/23/nl-chief-defends-623.html?ref=rss

Ontario's top court set to examine 26-year-old Toronto homicide case: Rodney Cain Toronto Star, March 14, 2011 [also saved]
http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/953960--ontario-s-top-court-set-to-examine-26-year-old-toronto-homicide-case

Eyewitness ID bill passes. By Mike Ward, March 16, 2011. Legislation designed to curb wrongful convictions in Texas by requiring police agencies to adopt improved procedures for eyewitness identification was approved this morning by the Texas Senate. Mistaken identifications have been the leading cause of wrongful convictions in Texas, which has had more exonerations in recent years than any other state. As approved 31-0 by senators, Senate Bill 121 by state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, will require law enforcement agencies in Texas to adopt best-practice standards for eyewitness identification — in both photo and live lineups — where there is no such law now. A 2008 study found that only 12 percent of police departments in Texas had any such standards. “Eighty-six percent of the 44 DNA exonerations in Texas have been due to incorrect eyewitness identification,” Ellis said. “The Texas Senate today took a very important step toward improving justice in Texas. … It enacts a simple best practice to ensure we have reliable evidence in our courtrooms to ensure the conviction of the guilty and the protection of the innocent.” http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2011/03/16/eyewitness_id_bill_passes.html

Supreme Court shields prosecutors in wrongful convictions
Though new DNA testing has shown hundreds of convicts to be innocent, the court has protected prosecutors from lawsuits and balked at letting prisoners reopen cases. full story