by Scott Wright | Sep 21, 2020 | Court Process, News
Potentially discriminatory predictive policing has been in the news recently leading some to express concerns that such methods disproportionately target marginalized communities. Any aspect of the justice system that has the potential to exacerbate existing...
by Scott Wright | Sep 1, 2020 | Court Process, Criminal Procedure
In our final look at issues from the Uncover Podcast we look at the fact that Mr. Assoun represented himself after he was unsatisfied with how his lawyer had cross-examined the Crown’s initial witness. The resulting conviction was entirely predictable at that point. ...
by Scott Wright | Aug 18, 2020 | Criminal Procedure, Evidence
Time for instalment 3 of the Uncover Podcast series. A number of the witnesses at Mr. Assoun’s trial had troubled pasts. Specifically his nephew had a lengthy criminal record. There was also a classic feature of wrongful conviction cases, a jailhouse informant who had...
by Scott Wright | Aug 12, 2020 | Criminal Procedure
An important piece of evidence the Crown relied on at trial was an admission Mr. Assoun was alleged to have made to Margaret Hartrick. Ms. Hartrick was a friend of the deceased. She gave statements to police in November, 1996 and August, 1998 and testified at the...
by Scott Wright | Aug 5, 2020 | Evidence
I have recently been listening to the CBC podcast Uncovered and am using Season 7 as an inspiration for the next few blog posts. This most recent season looks at the wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun. Mr. Assoun was convicted of murdering his girlfriend and spent 17...
