#The scary truth about Canada’s wrongful convictions

#The scary truth about Canada’s wrongful convictions

(Illustration by Celina Pereira) The Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions lists 83 names. They are people who were driven to make false confessions. People who were convicted based on flawed forensics. People who were named by witnesses who got it wrong. The registry, posted online in February, was co-created by Kent Roach, a law professor…

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#Suspect in purse-snatching from woman, 85, IDed by NYPD

#Suspect in purse-snatching from woman, 85, IDed by NYPD

“Suspect in purse-snatching from woman, 85, IDed by NYPD” The heartless thief who allegedly shoved an 85-year-old woman to the ground and snatched her purse inside a Queens parking garage last month was identified by the NYPD. Sidiky Gassama, 32 – shown in a mugshot released by cops late Wednesday – is wanted in connection…

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