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Analysis of a Canadian Wrongful Convict
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8 pages, double spaced.
About: Analyse the case of a wrongful convict, emphasizing any relevant judicial or other factors leading to his/her wrongful convictions. Many possible factors provided in outline.
READ OUTLINE ATTACHED.
Written at a senior undergraduate level.
Attachemnt
Essay on a Canadian Wrongful Convict
(This is a university paper in a third year level course)
Students can choose to write an analysis of an Exoneree, detailing the components / factors which led to the conviction of their Exonoree.
The paper must be 8 pages in length, double-spaced, and typewritten. The paper is worth 30%. The papers will be graded on writing quality, clarity of ideas, and evidence of solid comprehension. Lack of proofreading, grammatical, and punctuation errors will result in a substantially reduced grade. Please see marking matrix at end for requirements. Essays must be uploaded to Turnitin.
All reaction papers will be uploaded to Turnitin.com on the class web site. These papers will be subject to submission for textual similarity review. All papers submitted will be included as source documents in the reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of papers subsequently submitted to the system.
Write a paper about an “Exonoree”. The purpose of the 8 page paper is to identify and analyze the various factor(s) that contributed to the wrongful conviction. A list is provided below, but this is only a guide as some of these factors may or may not apply to the case that you are examining in your paper.
“Exonorees” cannot be: Thomas Sophonow, Donald Marshall, James Driskell, William Mullins-Johnson, Wilbert Coffin, Guy Paul Morin, David Milgaard or Steven Truscott
Possibilities:
Anthony Hanemaayer
Simon Marshall
Kyle Unger
Erin Walsh
Romeo Phillion
Michel Dumont
Deveryn Ross
Tammy Marquardt
Robert Baltovich
Ivan Henry
If you decide to chose another, please email me and I’ll confirm within 12 hours at the email provided with the site.
Please note that all essays must be double-spaced with an appropriate bibliography identifying the various research sources that were used when preparing your paper.
Some factors students should consider when writing their paper include the following:
Target practices of the police
Suppression/falsification of evidence
Falsified forensic evidence
Judicial malpractice
*Police bullying/intimidation of witnesses*
*Police tactics- e.g. Mr. Big*
Prosecution and defense misconduct
Judicial error or misapplication of the law
Media bias or prejudice in reporting
*Eyewitness Testimony*…Eyewitness Misidentification = leading cause W.Convictions
The significance of being granted/not being granted bail
Financial status of the accused
*Confessions obtained in the absence of a lawyer
*Community pressure for a conviction …. Police notions of “winning at all costs”
*The role of plea-bargaining
*Age of the victim*
Possession of a criminal record
*Race
Factors starred were emphasized in class.
NB- This is not an exhaustive list so please do not hesitate to include any other factor(s) that come to your attention with respect to the wrongful conviction case that you are using as the basis of your paper.
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