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REWIND | Canada's youngest death-row inmate was innocent
Season 3 · Episode 155

REWIND | Canada's youngest death-row inmate was innocent

Crime Insiders · LiSTNR

January 14, 202533m 19sExplicit

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Show Notes

An innocent child was charged with the murder of his classmate - becoming Canada's youngest death row inmate. It wasn't until The Innocence Project became involved that Steven Truscott finally had his conviction overturned almost 5 decades later.

Professor Gail Anderson is Canada’s first-ever full-time forensic entomologist and has been working in the field for nearly 35 years. Her work is dedicated to the study of insects, and what they can reveal about miscarriages of justice. 

In this discussion with host Kathryn Fox, Gail details her involvement in exonerating Steven Truscott, as well as Kirstin Blaise Lobato, who spent 16 years in prison for a crime she didn't commit.

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