Sentences with phrase «wrongful conviction cases at»

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My book looks at 11 cases of alleged wrongful conviction, all of which raise serious questions about the justice system.

Young is also the director of the Innocence Project at Osgoode Hall, which teaches students how to investigate cases of wrongful conviction.

AIDWYC contends that Canadian cases of alleged wrongful convictions should «not [be] examined from the adversarial perspective of trying to show that the convicted person was rightfully treated by the court system» as occurs at present through the Minister of Justice's current practice under section 696.1147 Rather, AIDWYC argues that an independent review board like CCRC should «undertake a fresh review without bias.»

In wrongful conviction cases however the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that the limit does not apply to damages for non ‑ pecuniary loss that do not stem from bodily injury (relying on Cinar Corporation v. Robinson, 2013 SCC 73, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1168, at para. 97).

As is the case for the majority of wrongful convictions, faulty eyewitness testimony was at the root of Porter's case and conviction.

Prior to her work at MAIP, she served as a law clerk to Judge Gladys Kessler of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and was the case coordinator at the Center on Wrongful Convictions at the Northwestern University School of Law.

At the time of Halbach's death, Avery was suing local authorities for compensation due to his wrongful conviction in a 1985 rape case.

While continuing to maintain his practice, which specializes in criminal law, he is also an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he is the director of the Innocence Project, which involves LLB students in the investigation of suspected cases of wrongful conviction and imprisonment.