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This summary, based on these comments and observations, is appropriate for discussion and debate in the classroom setting.<\/p>\n<h3><em>R v Truscott<\/em>, 2007 ONCA 575<\/h3>\n<p>Stephen Truscott was convicted of a murder committed in 1959.&nbsp; In this recent case, the Ontario Court of Appeal reviewed that conviction.&nbsp; Scientific developments led to fresh evidence and the acquittal of Truscott almost 50 years after he was first convicted.The full decision is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/decisions\/2007\/august\/2007ONCA0575.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","resource-type":[10],"area-of-law":[219,138,206,217],"subject-area":[18],"grade-level":[23,24,25],"resource-audience":[],"resource-format":[],"class_list":["post-729","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource-type-case-summaries","area-of-law-legal-process","area-of-law-charter-law","area-of-law-criminal-law","area-of-law-evidence-law","subject-area-law","grade-level-grade-10","grade-level-grade-11","grade-level-grade-12"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Five 2007: R v Truscott - OJEN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Five 2007: R v Truscott - OJEN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each year at OJEN\u2019s Toronto Summer Law Institute, a judge from the Court of Appeal for Ontario identifies five cases that are of significance in the educational setting. 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