: Perhaps the best true crime book I read was Redrum by Kirk
Makin,
: about a guy accused of murdering the little girl next door.
He's
: since been proved innocent by DNA, but he went through a
couple of
: trials, and served time, before eventually being cleared of
all
: charges... (No double jeopardy in Canada; if it had been
the States,
: he's probably have fried by now...).
We do have double jeopardy rules, as far as I know. I
e-mailed a
couple of lawyer friends about this, but they haven't replied
yet. A
quick web search turned up the fact that the Morin had a
second trial
because the Supreme Court ruled the judge in the first case
had erred
when giving instructions to the jury. He'd been found not
guilty, but
had to go through it all again, but was found guilty the
second time.
As you say, it's a fascinating case.
<URL:
http://www.razberry.com/raz/laframboise/full_texts/morin/morin1.htm>
has some facts and links.
A good, tough private dick would really have helped.
Bill
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