About this episode

This episode discusses the murder of nine-year-old Christine Jessop and the subsequent wrongful conviction of Guy Paul Morin.

Episode 428: On October 3, 1984, nine-year-old Christine Jessop stepped off a school bus in Queensville, Ontario, and walked toward home. She was never seen alive again. Her body was found on New Year's Eve, fifty-six kilometres away. She had been sexually assaulted and stabbed. What followed was one of the most consequential criminal proceedings in Canadian history — and the quiet destruction of a man who lived next door. This is Part One of a two-part series. Sources: Kirk Makin, Redrum the Innocent (1992) — Viking Canada. Report of the Kaufman Commission on Proceedings Involving Guy Paul Morin — Full text (netk.net.au) The Canadian Encyclopedia — Guy Paul Morin Case Innocence Canada — Guy Paul Morin case file Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions — Guy Paul Morin Library of Parliament — Wrongful Convictions in Canada (2020) Bruce MacFarlane — "Wrongful Convictions: The Effect of Tunnel Vision and Predisposing Circumstances in the Criminal Justice System" (2006) Federal Prosecution Service — Chapter 5: Jailhouse Informers Federal Prosecution Service — Chapter 8: DNA Evidence The Canadian Encyclopedia — Morin Inquiry Report Kaufman Report —…

People in this episode

Host: Dark Poutine

Topics covered

• true crime
• wrongful conviction
• Canadian history
• murder case
• criminal justice
• sexual assault

Keywords

• Christine Jessop
• Guy Paul Morin
• wrongful conviction
• murder
• Ontario
• criminal proceedings
• sexual assault
• 1984
• Kaufman Commission

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Innocence Canada, Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions, Library of Parliament, Federal Prosecution Service, Globe and Mail, CBC Digital Archives

Books & works: Redrum the Innocent, Morin Inquiry Report, Kaufman Report

Places: Queensville, Ontario

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