Dear reader; Due to a looming publishing deadline I will be unable to post new material until mid-November. I invite my many impeccable, well-placed sources around the Globe (all three of them!) to draw issues and cases that arrive during this period to my attention, so that I can dig into them when I am back in action. There are two cases you might be interested in be keeping your eye on in my absence.
First case: The on-going sexual assault trial in Calgary, Alberta of Dr. Aubrey Levin:
CBC reporter Tara Weber is tweeting on the trial at:
@TaraNWeber
Reporter Daryl Slade has been covering the trial for the Calgary Herald: Search for his stories at:
calgaryherald.com;
Second case: The fallout in the arrest of former Boston drug analyst Annie Dookhan - a source of potentially hundreds of miscarriages of justice, and a canary warning of what could happen in over-worked police labs throughout the U.S.A.
Reporter Brian Ballou has been covering developments in the Dookhan investigation for the Boston Globe: Search for his stories at:
bostonglobe.com;
Au revoir.
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses
several thousand posts. The search box is located near the bottom of
the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this
powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and
myself get more out of the site. One word of caution: It may take
several weeks for content from current posts to respond to the search.
Search away!
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 found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
Please
send any comments or information on other cases and issues of
interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.