"TODAY, THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA SENT THE CASE TO ONTARIO'S TOP COURT TO WEIGH FRESH EVIDENCE AND WHETHER THE APPLICANT'S CONVICTION CONSTITUTES A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE."
THE CANADIAN PRESS;
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Like Bill Mullins-Johnson, Sherry Sherret, two women who cannot be identified by name and Dinesh Kumar - all victims of Dr. Charles Smith who have been acquitted by the province's highest court often years after their conviction - Tammy Marquardt will be asking the Ontario Court of Appeal to clear her name. (At least five other similar appeals are pending). Ms. Marquardt's appeal is set for Thursday February 10, 2011. In anticipation of this important date I am running a retrospective of 14 posts which ran previously on this Blog.
HAROLD LEVY: PUBLISHER; THE CHARLES SMITH BLOG;
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: TAMMY MARQUARDT CASE: (PART 12): ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL TAKES ON HER CASE; CANADIAN PRESS REPORTS;
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The CP story ran earlier this morning under the heading "Appeal granted to final parent imprisoned because of Charles Smith's testimony."
"The Ontario Court of Appeal will hear the case of the last known parent who remained behind bars based on the testimony of disgraced pathologist Dr. Charles Smith," the story begins;
"Tammy Marquardt was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of her son Kenneth and was handed a life sentence in 1995," the story continues;
"Today, the Supreme Court of Canada sent the case to Ontario's top court to weigh fresh evidence and whether the applicant's conviction constitutes a miscarriage of justice.
Marquardt, who was granted bail last month, said she found the boy tangled in his bedsheets, but Smith said he was smothered or strangled.
Last October, the Goudge inquiry into Ontario's pediatric pathology system criticized Smith for `irresponsible' testimony in a series of child death cases.
Marquardt's lawyers, who requested the case be heard by the Ontario Appeal Court, have said there is fresh evidence which `entirely discredits' Smith's 1995 testimony."
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The post can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2009/04/breaking-news-tammy-marquardt-case-part.html
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be accessed at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
For a breakdown of some of the cases, issues and controversies this Blog is currently following, please turn to:
http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=120008354894645705&postID=8369513443994476774
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog; hlevy15@gmail.com;
