PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Sherry Sherret is the second person convicted in a case in which Charles Smith played a role to be exonerated by the Ontario Court of Appeal. The first was William Mullins-Johnson who had his first-degree murder conviction quashed and an outright acquittal directed by the Court of Appeal on Wednesday September 21, 2005. The Toronto Star, which played a major role in exposing Dr. Smith, ran the following list of "Seven cases still going through (the) appeals process" earlier today. "The following seven cases are in various states of appeal. In all of them, mistakes where made by Dr. Charles Smith and the forensic pathology system. Some names are covered by a publication ban:
Tammy Marquardt, who was convicted in 1995 of first-degree murder in the death of her son, Kenneth Wynne, 2 1/2.
Richard Brant, who was charged with manslaughter but later pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in the 1992 death of his 2-month-old son Dustin.
Maria Shepherd, who was convicted in 1992 of manslaughter in the death of her 3-year-old stepdaughter Kasandra.
Father of 13-month-old Scarborough girl who died Feb. 8, 1999.
A Scarborough father who was charged with second-degree murder in the 1992 death of his 5-week-old son, Gaurov.
The 18-year-old mother of a baby who died in 1996.
A 21-year-old mother charged with second-degree murder in the 1992 death of her newborn."
Harold Levy...hlevy15@gmail.com;
