Guy Paul Morin

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	1984
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	1995
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Ontario
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Guy Paul Morin was wrongly convicted of murder in 1992 and sentenced to life in prison. Morin was released on bail in 1993 after 18 months imprisonment based on DNA testing conducted after his conviction that excluded him as the murderer. His conviction was overturned in 1995 by the Ontario Court of Appeal which acquitted him. In 1997 he was awarded compensation of CAN$1.25 million by the government of the province of Ontario.
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous expert testimony that crime scene hairs matched Morin.
Innocence Proved By:	"DNA testing after Morin's trial excluded him as the assailant, and his conviction was overturned in 1995 by the Ontario Ct. of Appeal."
Defendant Aided By:	Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted
Compensation Awarded:	CAN$1.25 million (1997)
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Guy Paul Morin case profile, By Sarah Harland-Logan, AIDWYC website (Toronto, Canada)"
Information Location 1:	http://aidwyc.createtoconvert.com/cases/historical/guy-paul-morin/
Information Source 2:	Frontline - PBS program
Information Location 2:	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/cleared.html
Information Source 3:	"Compensation received by persons wrongly convicted in Canada, AIDWYC Journal, Spring 2009, p. 12"
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Guy Paul Morin

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

1984

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

1995

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Ontario

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous expert testimony that crime scene hairs matched Morin.

Innocence Proved By:

"DNA testing after Morin's trial excluded him as the assailant, and his conviction was overturned in 1995 by the Ontario Ct. of Appeal."

Defendant Aided By:

Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted

Compensation Awarded:

CAN$1.25 million (1997)

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Guy Paul Morin case profile, By Sarah Harland-Logan, AIDWYC website (Toronto, Canada)"

Information Location 1:

http://aidwyc.createtoconvert.com/cases/historical/guy-paul-morin/

Information Source 2:

Frontline - PBS program

Information Location 2:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/cleared.html

Information Source 3:

"Compensation received by persons wrongly convicted in Canada, AIDWYC Journal, Spring 2009, p. 12"

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