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Last weekend and this weekend, as well as in the weeks to come WrongfulConvictionDay.com will be acknowledged and spoken about in Canada and in the United States. Canadians who had nothing to do with the vicious crimes, including murder, for which they were convicted and often spent many years imprisoned. It can happen to anyone. Guests: Ronald Dalton, President Innocence Canada. Ron Dalton was wrongfully convicted of killing his wife. He spent years in prison before his innocence was proven. James Lockyer. Assistant Professor of Law at McGill University and the University of Windsor. Criminal lawyer for 45 years and a founding director of Innocence Canada. James Lockyer has been involved in high profile cases in which he demonstrated the convicted person was in fact innocent of the crime. - Names you will recognize: Guy Paul Morin, first degree murder - David Milgaard, capital murder - James Driskell, first degree murder - Stephen Truscott, capital murder - Robert Baltovich, 2nd degree murder - There are at least 30 more cases, including that of Ronald Dalton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our final installment of the Robert Baltovich series, we discuss the basis for the concept of "no body, no crime". Moral of the story - don't believe everything you hear in a Taylor Swift song!Also goes without saying - do not murder.References:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_delictihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element_(criminal_law)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_conviction_without_a_bodyhttps://www.aetv.com/real-crime/murder-convictions-without-a-bodyhttps://popculturecrime.medium.com/can-you-be-charged-with-murder-without-a-body-4c3f54c783chttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/no-body-murder-cases-cortney-lake-1.4199755https://globalnews.ca/news/2572908/murder-cases-without-bodies-a-rarity-in-canadian-courts/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2008/04/24/bains_body_wouldnt_id_killer.html?rf
For the second installment of our Robert Baltovich series, Rory takes us on a hypnotic adventure! Get ready to learn about the origin and use of hypnosis in the legal system.
In the next installment of the Robert Baltovich mini-series, Rory and Kylie discuss why police and the true-crime community jump to pointing fingers at the boyfriends of homicide victims.
Rory and Kylie are back with another case. In the third mini-series of this season, our hosts discuss how “boy-next-door” Robert Baltovich was wrongfully convicted in the death of his girlfriend, Elizabeth Bain. TW: this case discusses sexual assault.
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In June of 1990, 22-year-old University of Toronto student Elizabeth Bain disappeared. Her body has never been found, but police say it was a homicide. Elizabeth's boyfriend Robert Baltovich was convicted of her murder. He spent eight years in prison before being deemed not guilty by the courts in 2008. Elizabeth Bain's killer remains at large.Check out Tracking a Killer here!
In the third annual Bloody Awards we take a look back at the most memorable moments and guests from Murder Was The Case in 2020. Featuring guest presenters Suzanna Ryan, Nate Hendley, Robert Baltovich, Sasha Reid, Ariel Cooksey, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Part 10 of 10. In 1992, Robert Baltovich was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain. To this day, the location of her remains is a mystery. Robert joins Lee in the divebar to tell his tale from themoment he first met Liz in 1987 to the present. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Part 9 of 10. In 1992, Robert Baltovich was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain. To this day, the location of her remains is a mystery. Robert joins Lee in the divebar to tell his tale from themoment he first met Liz in 1987 to the present. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Part 8 of 10 (2008-Present). In 1992, Robert Baltovich was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain. To this day, the location of her remains is a mystery. Robert joins Lee in the divebar to tell his tale from themoment he first met Liz in 1987 to the present. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Part 7 of 10 (April 1, 2000-April 22, 2008). In 1992, Robert Baltovich was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain. To this day, the location of her remains is a mystery. Robert joins Lee in the divebar to tell his tale from themoment he first met Liz in 1987 to the present. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Part 6 of 10 (April 1992-April 2000). In 1992, Robert Baltovich was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain. To this day, the location of her remains is a mystery. Robert joins Lee in the divebar to tell his tale from themoment he first met Liz in 1987 to the present. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Violence Project has studied every mass shooting in the U.S. since 1966. What they learned about the shooters. NOTE: Guest interviewed mass shooters in prison, as well as their families. Also interviewed survivors and first responders. Violence Project mass shooters study is for U.S. Dept of Justice. Jeffrey Epstein suicide. CNN column: The puzzle around Epstein's suicide. A psychologist's view of the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein. Dr. Bjorn Lomborg was named by TIME magazine as one of the "World's 100 Most Influential People." Lomborg founded and directs the Copenhagen Consensus Center think tank. While Lomborg agrees humans are creating climate change, he argues the panic announcements about 18 months to save the planet are nonsense. Lomborg writes in his international newspaper column: "a year ahead of the US presidential election, exaggeration about global warming is greater than ever. While some politicians continue (incorrectly) to insist it's made up, for more insist (also incorrectly) that we face an imminent climate crisis threatening civilization." Lomborg adds "don't let climate scientists spoil your summer BBQ." Rob Baltovich was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain on March 31, 1992. Baltovich spent 8 years in prison before the Ontario Court of Appeal granted him bail on March 31, 2000. On December 2, 2004 the court set aside Baltovich's conviction and ordered a new trial. On April 22, 2008. Crown chose to call no evidence at the retrial and Robert Baltovich was exonerated and freed. Much had gone wrong and Baltovich began a civil lawsuit for $11 million against the Government of Ontario. That suit is now almost complete. - Guests: Dr. James Densley. Sociologist and Professor of criminal justice at Metropolitan State University. Violence Project. Page Pate (wrote the column). Criminal defence and constitutional lawyer based in Atlanta, Ga. Fmr. chairman of the criminal law section of the Atlanta Bar Association. Dr. Frank Farley. Past president, American Psychological Association. Blogger for Psychology Today magazine. Dr. Bjorn Lomborg. Rob Baltovich. Shares his entire story and how things went horribly wrong for him while he maintained belief in the justice system, never thinking he would be convicted. The body of Elizabeth Bain has never been found. Who might her real killer be? Paul Bernardo has been mentioned. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part 5 of 10 (November 9, 1991-April 1992). In 1992, Robert Baltovich was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain. To this day, the location of her remains is a mystery. Robert joins Lee in the divebar to tell his tale from themoment he first met Liz in 1987 to the present. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Part 4 of 10 (November 19, 1990-November 9, 1991). In 1992, Robert Baltovich was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain. To this day, the location of her remains is a mystery. Robert joins Lee in the divebar to tell his tale from the moment he first met Liz in 1987 to the present. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
This summer, Murder Was the Case is trying something new: a 10-part deep dive (bar) into the unsolved murder of Elizabeth Bain and the wrongful conviction of her boyfriend Robert Baltovich.Please listen to this brief introduction before progressing to the first episode in the series 'The Mysterious Miss Bain.' --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Part 1 of 10 (1987- June 17, 1990). In 1992, Robert Baltovich was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain. To this day, the location of her remains is a mystery. Robert joins Lee in the divebar to tell his tale from the moment he first met Liz in 1987 to the present. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Part 2 of 10 (June 17-22, 1990). In 1992, Robert Baltovich was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain. To this day, the location of her remains is a mystery. Robert joins Lee in the divebar to tell his tale from the moment he first met Liz in 1987 to the present. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Part 3 of 10 (June 22-November 19, 1990). In 1992, Robert Baltovich was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain. To this day, the location of her remains is a mystery. Robert joins Lee in the divebar to tell his tale from the moment he first met Liz in 1987 to the present. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
On this week’s episode of the Global News original podcast This is Why, we hear from Canadians convicted of crimes that they did not commit, and examine some of the most high profile cases. This is the second part of a two-part series. If you enjoy the This is Why podcast, please take a minute to rate it on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, tell us what you think and please tell a friend about the show. Twitter: @thisiswhy Email: thisiswhy@curiouscast.ca
On this week’s episode of the Global News original podcast This is Why, we hear from Canadians convicted of crimes that they did not commit, and examine some of the most high profile cases. If you enjoy the This is Why podcast, please take a minute to rate it on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, tell us what you think and please tell a friend about the show. Twitter: @thisiswhy Email: thisiswhy@curiouscast.ca
On Monday, the Jon McComb show launches a weeklong series across the Global News Network examining the troubling issue of miscarriage of justice . Canada's Wrongfully Convicted is Written and produced by Pippa Reed and Niki Reitmayer and narrated by .. me.. The series delves into the reasons why innocent people get caught up in the justice system, convicted and sent to prison for crimes they didn't commit... and what needs to change to ensure other Canadians don't slip through the cracks. For example, Maria Shepherd was 21, with two children, and pregnant with a 3rd, when she was arrested and charged with the manslaughter of her three and a half year old stepdaughter Kasandra. She was convicted based on the flawed evidence of Dr Charles Smith, who we know now was responsible for putting away about a dozen other people through testimony which amounted to lies. Maria talks about going into prison: Maria went into her sentence as a pregnant woman. She spent a significant amount of her two year less a day sentence at Vanier Centre for Women in Ontario. She was moved to a nearby halfway house where she gave birth to her daughter, Chanel. It's a time in her life she still struggles to talk about: While Maria was being shackled and hauled off to prison in 1991, another Canadian's life was being turned upside down. Robert Baltovich was charged with the murder of his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain in Toronto, after she went missing from a university campus. Faulty eyewitness testimony, and witness hypnosis helped put him away for a crime he didn't commit. Rob talks about the day he was convicted by a jury and sentenced to life in prison: Rob says he never received an apology, and spent ten years trying to clear his name. Elizabeth Bain's body has never been found. There are theories she was the victim of notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo. Tune in next week as we walk you through some of Canada's highest profile cases of wrongful conviction, how the justice system failed those people, and how it can happen to anyone. It begins on Monday on the Jon McComb Show.
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