SEASONAL REST!

"(SHERRY) SHERRET AND THOSE AROUND HER HAD BEEN HIT BY ONE OF THE BIGGEST WRECKING BALLS EVER TO SMASH ITS WAY THROUGH THE CANADIAN JUSTICE SYSTEM";

AUTHOR DEREK FINKLE; CHATELAINE MAGAZINE;

Dear Readers of "The Charles Smith Blog."

Just a word or two to let you know that I am about to take a "seasonal rest" from the contingencies of the Blog.

The Blog will resume - utterly recharged - in several weeks;

I therefore wish you all - wherever you are - my best wishes of the season.

Before signing off for the next several weeks, I would like to mention an excellent story on Sherry Sherret in the current (December 2007) issue of Chatelaine by author Derek Finkle, under the heading: "Falsely Accused: After Prison A Mother Fights Back."

I have devoted a series of Blogs to Ms. Sherret's ordeal under the heading, "Joshua's case";

This was the case in which Dr.Smith testified that even though he could not be certain that Joshua's death had been no accident beyond a reasonable doubt... "If I was a betting man, I would bet that his death was non-accidental."

So much for bringing Las Vegas into the criminal courtroom.

I really like Finkle's description, "that Sherret and those around her had been hit by one of the biggest wrecking balls ever to smash its way through the Canadian justice system."

An excellent read.

There will be lots of action at the Goudge Inquiry over the next couple of weeks - including our first opportunity to hear evidence that will take us into the heart of the Hospital for Sick Children during the Smith years.

Here is the witness schedule for those that wish to follow the Inquiry live or through the transcripts published the next day.

December 7, 10 & 11, 2007
Dr. David Chiasson, former Chief Forensic Pathologist for the Province of Ontario and Director of the Pediatric Forensic Pathology Unit, Hospital for Sick Children


December 12, 13 & 14, 2007
Dr. Helen Whitwell, Forensic Pathologist, U.K.
Dr. Pekka Saukko, Professor of Forensic Medicine, University of Turku, Finland
(panel)


December 17, 2007
Maxine Johnson, Administrative Coordinator, Hospital for Sick Children (HSC), Pathology Division
Dr. Don Perrin, Pathologists' Assistant, HSC


December 18 & 19, 2007
Dr. Taylor, Head of the Division of Pathology, HSC
Dr. Cutz, Pathologist, HSC
(panel)


December 20 & 21, 2007
Dr. Joseph de Nanassy, Head, Division of Anatomical Pathology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
Dr. Jean Michaud, Head, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Ottawa Hospital and CHEO
Dr. Blair Carpenter, Head, Division of Anatomical Pathology, CHEO (past)
(panel)


December 21: Adjourned for holidays;

See you in a few weeks.

Season's Greetings.

Harold Levy; hlevy15@gmail.com;