The Ontario Court of Appeal has acquitted Steven Truscott of murder in the death of Lynne Harper, saying the conviction was a miscarriage of justice, but the five-judge panel did not proclaim him innocent.
In a ruling Tuesday, the judges unanimously decided to quash the murder conviction, stemming from the rape and strangulation of the 12-year-old girl near a town in southwestern Ontario 48 years ago.
"The court unanimously holds that the conviction of Mr. Truscott was a miscarriage of justice and must be quashed. The court further holds that the appropriate remedy in this case is to enter an acquittal.
"The court thus orders that Mr. Truscott should stand acquitted of the murder of Lynne Harper," the court ruled.
Truscott was sentenced to hang in 1959 at the age of 14 for Harper's murder in Clinton, Ont., becoming Canada's youngest death-row inmate after one of the most famous trials in Canadian history.
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In a ruling Tuesday, the judges unanimously decided to quash the murder conviction, stemming from the rape and strangulation of the 12-year-old girl near a town in southwestern Ontario 48 years ago.
"The court unanimously holds that the conviction of Mr. Truscott was a miscarriage of justice and must be quashed. The court further holds that the appropriate remedy in this case is to enter an acquittal.
"The court thus orders that Mr. Truscott should stand acquitted of the murder of Lynne Harper," the court ruled.
Truscott was sentenced to hang in 1959 at the age of 14 for Harper's murder in Clinton, Ont., becoming Canada's youngest death-row inmate after one of the most famous trials in Canadian history.
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