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Timeline of Events for the Steven Truscott Case

On September 30, 1959, Steven Truscott was found guilty of the murder of Lynne Harper. After years of struggling to clear his name, in 2007, the Court of Appeal for Ontario unanimously held that the conviction of Mr. Truscott was a miscarriage of justice and must be quashed. This resource includes a timeline of events of the Steven Truscott case with related discussion questions and a timeline summary activity, as well as a synopsis of the Reference re: R. v. Steven Murray Truscott, Court of Appeal for Ontario, released August 28, 2007.

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