The Trial of Steven Truscott
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The Trial of Steven Truscott is a book written by Isabel LeBourdais
, published in 1966, on the trial and conviction of Steven Truscott
for the murder of Lynne Harper in 1959. The book "attacked the rapid police investigation and trial, calling into question a justice system that many people then considered infallible."
More information is available by reading the book Until You Are Dead.
Professor Keith Simpson was invited by the Canadian government to review the forensic evidence in these light of these allegations. He was highly critical of the way in which the book had discussed the forensic data.
Isabel LeBourdais
Isabel LeBourdais, née Erichsen-Brown was a Canadian journalist and author. She is best known as the author of the 1966 book The Trial of Steven Truscott, the first major work to argue that Steven Truscott had been wrongfully convicted of murder.Educated at Havergal College and the University of...
, published in 1966, on the trial and conviction of Steven Truscott
Steven Truscott
Steven Murray Truscott is a Canadian man who was sentenced to death in 1959, when he was a 14-year old student, for the murder of classmate Lynne Harper...
for the murder of Lynne Harper in 1959. The book "attacked the rapid police investigation and trial, calling into question a justice system that many people then considered infallible."
More information is available by reading the book Until You Are Dead.
Professor Keith Simpson was invited by the Canadian government to review the forensic evidence in these light of these allegations. He was highly critical of the way in which the book had discussed the forensic data.