Showing posts with label pollanen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pollanen. Show all posts
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Canadian Pathologists (And Other Experts) Under Fire: Former Dr. Charles Smith; Dr. John Penistan: (The Guy Paul Morin Case): I dig into my archives to revisit the role played by Dr. Penistan in the Ontario Guy Paul Morin case and explore possible comparisons with the discredited former doctor Charles Smith………..Passage from Prof. James C. Morton. Ottawa Citizen…."Last week we were reminded daily of the miscarriages of justice caused by forensic pathologist Charles Smith -- the many parents and caregivers charged and some found guilty of murdering children, the scores of lives ruined, and families destroyed," it continues. "And in August, the Ontario Court of Appeal said that one of its main reasons for acquitting Steven Truscott had to do with the testimony of John Penistan, the pathologist in that long-ago case of rape and murder. Dr. Penistan's official autopsy report stated that 12-year-old Lynne Harper had died soon after Steven Truscott had been seen giving her a ride on his bike, at a time when he would have been by far the most likely killer. But in recent years researchers have found two earlier copies of the same report form, one of them filled out during the autopsy, both placing the girl's time of death much later, when Mr. Truscott absolutely could not have been the killer. Said the Court: "(The) nature of the changes in his opinion leaves Dr. Penistan's evidence reasonably open to the allegation that his opinion shifted to coincide with the Crown's case against the appellant."

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: When I recently began preparing for a 'talk' on wrongful convictions  that  I was graciously invited to delive...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Part Three: Think Dirty: The Paul Bernardo Connection; A perspective;

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DEXTER, WHO SERVES AS DIRECTOR OF THE REGIONAL FORENSIC UNIT IN KINGSTON, SAID THE WORDING OF THE PROTOCOL IS "ABSOLUTELY" PROBLEM...

Part Three: Think Dirty: The Paul Bernardo Connection; Some Perspectives;

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"I THINK -- MY UNDERSTANDING OF "THINK DIRTY" IS THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO TELL THE MEMBERS OF THE DEATH INVESTIGATION TEAM AND...
Saturday, May 10, 2008

Part One: "Shaken Baby" And "Head Injury" Cases Cry Out For Review; AIDWYC and Mullins-Johnson Closing Submissions;

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"DR. SMITH WAS NOT THE ONLY PATHOLOGIST IN ONTARIO WHO MADE DIAGNOSES OF SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME. DR. POLLANEN NOTED IN HIS JANUARY, 2007 ...
Thursday, May 8, 2008

Part Two: Dr. Ernest Cutz's Recommendations: Thinking Dirty V. Scientific Objectivity When It Comes To Sudden Unexpected Death of Children;

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"FURTHERMORE, IT IS MY VIEW THAT RESEARCH SCIENTISTS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM PURSUING BASIC RESEARCH INTO SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME SIN...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Affected Families Group Response to Dr. Charles Smith's Closing Submissions On The "Sharon" and "Jenna" Cases: An Enlightening Document;

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In his closing Submissions, Dr. Charles Smith responded to allegations made against him by lawyers for the Affected Families Group in connec...
Monday, April 21, 2008

Mullins-Johnson: Vows To Be A Thorn In The Side Of Justice;

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William Mullins-Johnson has displayed his inspiring resilience in an address he recently gave to the Manitoulin-Northshore Victim Crisis Ass...
Thursday, April 3, 2008

Part Eight: Closing Submissions: Affected Families Group; Default Diagnosis; Assuming Sexual Abuse;

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AS DR. MILROY STATED IN HIS EVIDENCE, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO CLINICAL CHILD PROTECTION WORK “SEE THEMSELVES AS ADVOCATES FOR THE CHILD”. ...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Part One: Closing Submissions; Top Leadership of Chief Coroner's Office Cited For Failing To Prevent Harm To Children and Miscarriages Of Justice;

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"DCI SUBMITS THE COMMISSION SHOULD FIND THAT DR. JAMES YOUNG, DR. JIM CAIRNS AND DR. CHARLES SMITH CONTRIBUTED TO THE CRISIS IN PEDIATR...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

"Think Dirty"; Part One: Two Words At The Heart Of The Inquiry;

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"UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS DAY AND AGE, CHILD ABUSE IS A REAL ISSUE, AND IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE INVESTIGATIVE T...