The defence of the wrongly convicted | James Lockyer | TEDxIB@York

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Published 2011-12-21
James Lockyer obtained his LLB at the University of Nottingham in 1971 and is a member of the Bar in England. From 1972 until 1977, he was an Assistant Professor at the Law Faculties of McGill University and the University of Windsor. In 1977 he was called to the Ontario Bar and began to practice criminal law. He has been a criminal lawyer for 33 years and is the founding director of the Association In Defence Of The Wrongly Convicted.

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All Comments (13)
  • @revbores
    Thank you for the work you do, justice means nothing if it is not true.
  • @tee8077
    So many cases, so little time! Our justice system is in ruins. There is no justice at all.
  • @summer45able
    The mother led them to Guy Paul Morin by telling the police he was a weird neighbor. Now in 2020 DNA proved the real killer was their other neighbor. If the mother had said the he was a weird neighbor, they would have had the right man.
  • @noobisW
    Justice And Trust For All Wrongful Convicted Victims,Disappointed.
  • @gaiconley7557
    Are people in USA not educated on asking for a lawyer and saying nothing else. If nothing is said their words cant be twisted. I'm shocked by the amount of wrongful convictions in USA. Ive watched a lot of crime documentaries and interrogations and a majority of people seem to not ask for lawyer and sit there for hours being accused, badgered, berated and threatened by the police by which time they're tired, confused and are willing to say anything to get out of the situation. Am I missing something in my interpretation of what's happening ?? Why don't they say from the very beginning that they want legal representation and nothing more. I don't get it.
  • @summer45able
    Bad cops fit their suspect to the crime. Sad. All crimes that cops, lawyers and coroners were involved in that shows they tampered, mishandled or omitted at trial should have been all re-examined. Jurors that voted guilty because of the conduct of the suspect during the trial and not on the evidence of the crime should also be reviewed. Jurors admitted to doing this at the Truscott and Morin trials. Jurors at the Truscott case admitted to doing this to the author of The Trial of Steven Truscott and a juror admitted she voted guilty on national television at Guy Paul Morin trial because he didn’t look at the jurors. Nothing to do with evidence presented at the trials.