Guilty of Being Weird (FL23)

Code: 9781459400924

Author: Cynthia J. Faryon
ISBN: 9781459400924
Item #: FL23
Publisher: Lorimer Books
Published: 2012
Category: Non-Ficiton
Series: Real Justice
Type: Paperback
Reading Level: Fry 5.0, Lexile 900L

CA$12.95

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Synopsis

At twenty-four, Guy Paul Morin was considered a bit strange. He still lived at home, drove his parents' car, kept bees in the backyard, and grew flowers to encourage the hives. He played the saxophone and clarinet in three bands and loved the swing music of the 1940s.

In the small Ontario town where he lived, this meant Guy Paul stood out. So when the nine-year-old girl next door went missing, the police was convinced that Morin was responsible for the little girl's murder. Over the course of eight years, police manipulated witnesses and tampered with evidence to target and convict an innocent man. It took ten years and the just-developed science of DNA testing to finally clear his name.

This book tells his story, showing how the justice system not only failed to help an innocent young man, but conspired to convict him. It also shows how a determined group of people dug up the evidence and forced the judicial system to give him the justice he deserved.

Awards

Winner - VOYA Non-Fiction Honour List 2013
Short-listed - White Pine Non-Fiction Award 2014

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