Wrongful Conviction Day: 1 Day to go. Ohio Innocence says this international day is a testament to growing concern over a "human" problem: All countries, regardless of the system, rely on confessions, eyewitnesses, informants with an incentive to lie, and unreliable or invalidated sciences."

COUNTDOWN: 1  day to  go to the very first Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014);

STORY: Ohio Innocence Project signs up for Wrongful Conviction Day: Statement by Mark Godsey,  Director,  Rosenthal Institute for Justice/Ohio Innocence Project.

STATEMENT: "The Innocence Movement, in recent years, has begun to galvanize into an international human rights movement.  Organized and sophisticated innocence work is underway on every inhabited continent, with a new network of organizations in Latin America, and several new projects in Europe, Africa and Asia.  The world is starting to recognize that no matter what form of criminal justice system is present in a country, all systems rely on humans beings in the process, and humans make mistakes.  All countries, regardless of the system, rely on confessions, eyewitnesses, informants with an incentive to lie, and unreliable or invalidated sciences.  The International Wrongful Convictions Day is a testament to the growing concern over this human problem.”

For background on Wrongful Conviction Day see the following link:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.ca/2014/06/wrongful-convictions-day-aidwyc.html
 
Interested participants may sign up by contacting Win Wahrer of The Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted at: winwahrer@aidwyc.org.

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: 

Dear Reader. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog. We are following this case.
 
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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.ca/2013/12/the-charles-smith-award-presented-to_28.html
 
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Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog;