This bothers me. A man, wrongly convicted, does not deserve compensation? The sadness that the Harper family feels would be indescribable, but to try to deny Truscott of compensation for the hell that was imposed upon him, just does not seem ethical.
New Development In Truscott Compensation Case
The family of a 12-year-old girl slain a half-century ago near Clinton has until Tuesday to lodge its claim that Steven Truscott shouldn't get compensation for being wrongly convicted of her murder. The Globe and Mail reports Lynne Harper's father and brother will submit details to a retired appeal court judge on how their lives were marred in the wake of her death. The then-14-year-old Truscott was convicted of her murder in 1959, sent to prison for 10 years, and paroled. The conviction was overturned by the Ontario Appeal Court last summer. The judge will now decide whether Truscott will get compensation. The Harpers feel he doesn't deserve a cent from the government, since the court didn't declare him ``factually innocent.'' Ontario's attorney general previously acknowledged Truscott should be compensated for what the appeal court said was a miscarriage of justice. http://www.am920.ca/news.php?artID=23145 |
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Yah, I just about chucked my cookies when I read that too. The Harper family is bitter that a killer has never been caught but that's no excuse for not giving compensation to Truscott. Smells like vindictiveness to me...ciao
Yes, I sense the vindictiveness as well, but I suppose they have always felt that he was guilty. And as my Mom says, it tore both families apart, and nothing has ever been put to rest.
There were other suspects, and it is too bad that they were not thoroughly investigated. I guess, it was easier pinning it on Truscott than one of the known transient pervs living on the base.
My mother and I took a short drive down to the bridge and the road where things transpired a while ago. Where Lynn was last seen. (Just a hop skip and a jump from here). It was an eerie feeling.
Everytime I hear about it, it puts shivers up my arms.
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