William Mullins-Johnson

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	12
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Ontario
City of Crime:	Sault Ste. Marie
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"William Mullins-Johnson was wrongly convicted in 1994 of murdering his four-year-old niece in 1993 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Mullins-Johnson was convicted primarily based on the testimony of Pathologist Dr. Charles Smith that the girl had been sexually assaulted and strangled. Mullins-Johnson was released on bail in 2005 after he filed an appeal based on new evidence that the girl may have died of natural causes. In October 2007 the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned his conviction and ordered his acquittal. In October 2010 the Ontario government announced that it was awarding Mullins-Johnson CAN$4.25 million in compensation."
Conviction Caused By:	Questionable testimony by a prosecution pathologist that the girl had been sexually assaulted and strangled.
Innocence Proved By:	In October 2007 the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned his conviction and ordered his acquittal based on new forensic evidence the girl's death was natural and no crime occurred.
Defendant Aided By:	Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted
Compensation Awarded:	"CAN$4.25 million (Prov. of Ontario, October 2010)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Acquittal and apology for Mullins-Johnson, by Tracey Tyler, The Star (Toronto), October 16, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/267211
Information Source 2:	"Man awarded $4.25M for wrongful conviction, Toronto Star, October 21, 2010"
Information Location 2:	http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/10/21/15773946.html
Information Source 3:	"William Mullins-Johnson case profile, By Sarah Harland-Logan, AIDWYC website (Toronto, Canada)"
Information Location 3:	http://aidwyc.createtoconvert.com/cases/historical/william-mullins-johnson/
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William Mullins-Johnson

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

12

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Ontario

City of Crime:

Sault Ste. Marie

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Questionable testimony by a prosecution pathologist that the girl had been sexually assaulted and strangled.

Innocence Proved By:

In October 2007 the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned his conviction and ordered his acquittal based on new forensic evidence the girl's death was natural and no crime occurred.

Defendant Aided By:

Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted

Compensation Awarded:

"CAN$4.25 million (Prov. of Ontario, October 2010)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Acquittal and apology for Mullins-Johnson, by Tracey Tyler, The Star (Toronto), October 16, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/267211

Information Source 2:

"Man awarded $4.25M for wrongful conviction, Toronto Star, October 21, 2010"

Information Location 2:

http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/10/21/15773946.html

Information Source 3:

"William Mullins-Johnson case profile, By Sarah Harland-Logan, AIDWYC website (Toronto, Canada)"

Information Location 3:

http://aidwyc.createtoconvert.com/cases/historical/william-mullins-johnson/

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