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    What tragic link is shared by Canadians Donald Marshall, Jr. and Simon Marshall (no relation)?

    Question #107752. Asked by BRY2K. (Aug 06 09 8:24 PM)


    trans991

    		Both convicted for crimes they didn't commit.
    http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/08/06/f-wrongfully-convicted.html

    Aug 06 09, 8:30 PM
    zbeckabee

    		In 1971, Donald Marshall was wrongfully convicted of murdering his friend, Sandy Seale, in Sydney's Wentworth Park. Marshall was just 17 years old when he received a life sentence for the murder that was later determined he had not committed.

    http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/08/06/donald-marshall-wrongful-conviction-dies342.html

    The provincial public security minister rejected Monday calls for an independent inquiry into why a mentally challenged man (Simon Marshall) was wrongfully convicted of sexual assaults and spent five years in prison.

    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125356026699_57/?hub=Canada

    Aug 06 09, 9:08 PM

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