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Twelve years in jail for murder that may not have happened 'hell,' man says
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| Last Edited | RP Sep 22, 2005 06:42pm |
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| News Date | Friday, September 23, 2005 12:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A man who spent more than a third of his life in prison for a rape and murder that may have never taken place stepped into the sunshine Wednesday, freed on bail from a 12-year "hell" while Ottawa decides whether he fell victim to another Canadian miscarriage of justice.
No forensic evidence linked him to the crime but he was found guilty based on testimony from pathologists, one of whom was Dr. Charles Smith, whose handling of 40 suspicious child deaths since 1991 is currently under review.
Two experts, including Ontario's chief pathologist, now say Valin was never sexually abused or strangled. They argue she in fact died of natural causes, possibly from choking on her own vomit caused by a chronic stomach ailment. |
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