Guy Paul Morin

Among the many differing cases of wrongfully convicted Canadians, the case of Guy Paul Morin is very interesting. There were many issues that caused an innocent man from Queensville, Ontario to be convicted of the murder of Christine Jessop. We’re going to look at how the police failed to conduct a thorough investigation, how the court system failed, and how cases like this can be preventing in the future. Christine Jessop was a nine year old girl who after bring dropped off by the school bus

R v Morin is a case concerning the murder of 9 year old Christine Jessop and the wrongful conviction of Guy Paul Morin. Christine Jessop went missing on October 3, 1984, after searching for days there was no sign of Christine. Almost 3 months later on December 31, 1984 Christine’s body was found 50 kilometers away, she had been stabbed several times in the chest which had been the cause of death the semen on her clothing also suggested that she was raped. On February 14 1985 Christine’s mother told

Lunsford Murder Case Jessica Lunsford was a nine year old girl who was abducted from her grandmother’s house, taken right from her own bedroom on February 24, 2005. There was little sign of a struggle in the child’s room, the only things that were missing were her stuffed animals that her father won for her from a county fair. The last time that the grandmother, Ruth Lunsford, last saw her granddaughter when she put her to bed the night before and hadn’t noticed anything. The abductor and murderer

down upon the system in disgrace. In many cases, officers will arrest an individual who fits a certain description that they know will lead to an arrest and conviction. In the case of Guy Paul Morin it shows how the system failed in aiding the innocent who abide to the law. The law is established to protect those who

case of Guy Paul Morin it shows how the system failed in aiding the innocent who abide to the law. The law is established to protect those who

Moreover, a nine-year-old girl, Christine Jessop was murdered on October 3rd, 1984. Guy Paul Morin, her alongside neighbor was charged for her murder. On the other side, around 3:50 pm on October 3rd, 1984, the school bus dropped Christine to her home; however, her mother and older brother were absent due to being at the dentist in Newmarket. Thereupon, around 3:32 pm Guy Paul Morin departed for work; however, appeared to have arrived home at 4:14 pm, however, Christine was not at

The wrongful conviction of Guy Paul Morin in Canada for the murder of Christine Jessop in 1984 is on record for legal history as evidence that prosecutions can mistake in any justice system. The conviction of Guy Paul was based off of secondary evidence, contaminated evidence, unreliable testimony and poor police work and it took advances in forensic science and DNA fingerprinting to finally clear his name in 1995 (H2G2, 2013).The murderer of Christine Jessop has not yet been found till this day

In the case of 23-year-old next-door neighbor, Guy Paul Morin who was wrongfully convicted for the murder of Christine Jessop in 1984, which was a nine-year-old girl who lived in Queensville, Ontario. On October 3, 1984 Christine Mother, Janet, arrived home at 4:10pm and noticed her daughter’s backpack in the kitchen but no sign of her Christine. Janet began to panic and looked around the neighborhood looking for her daughter and found nothing. Later that night she called the York Regional Police

believe this because of how much Guy Paul Morin, the Central Park Five, and the West Memphis Three lost, and how unfairly they were treated. Guy Paul Morin was wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of his nine year old neighbour. The police had no evidence against him, and only went after Morin because he was a “weird guy.” The evidence, hair and was incorrect, and did not match with Morin’s DNA, but he was convicted and given life imprisonment. Guy Paul Morin spent 18 months in jail, but was

physical evidence that is the discovered semen stains on her underwear. She was sexually assaulted before being stabbed to death. On February 14, 1985, police became interested in the Jessop family's next door neighbour, Guy Paul Morin, after being described as a "weird-type guy who plays the clarinet," by Christine's mother. Police set up surveillance of Guy's home on February 19, 1985, and he was interviewed by detectives John Shephard and Bernie Fitzpatrick 3 days later on February 22, 1985. Despite