Steven Truscott Case
Steven Truscott a boy who was 14 when he was arrested for the murder of Lynne Harper. Both Lynne and Truscott were seen at there school last Air Vice Marshal Hugh Campbell School where Lynne asked Steven if she could ride on his bike with him.
Both Steven and Lynne were off then Lynne went missing. People claim that they saw them last at the school and them riding off. The military ordered a search party the Air force looked for her. Police found Lynne's body in the forest just with a singlet on and blood over.
She had been raped and killed the police assumed Steven raped and killed Lynne because he was last seen with Lynne before they vanished. Steven was tried as an adult in to court, while police believe that Steven rode to a tractor path on the way dropping off Lynne and forced her in the woods where then was raped and killed.
While Steven claimed that he gave Lynne a ride passing a bridge and continued on to highway 8 heading east. Once he dropped Lynne off he reached the bridge and looked back and saw Lynne getting in to a gray 1959 Chevrolet and driving off.
Steven was in prison for 10 years after those years Steven went on trial to claim they he was clean. The court decided since they can't find all the evidence they said they will release him but will watch him.
There is one big hole in the evidence against Steven. One of them is that if he had raped and killed Lynne, why was there no blood on him or his clothing? He is said to have strangled her, so were his fingerprints not found on her. Also, if he had really raped Lynne, was not her blood found on him? Unfortunately, DNA testing was not available at that time to pin the needle on the real killer!
Another question is why the police failed to follow up on the "gray 1959 Chevrolet" that Steven saw driving away with Lynne.
Why was Steven tried as an adult then? He was only 14 years old when this took place. If Canada says it is a country which values human rights then why did it fail to recognize the rights of this young adolescent?
Steven also spent 10 long yeas in an adult prison - certainly a terrifying experience for any young person. Again, a violation of the "rights of a child."
Had the writer Isabel LeBourdais not written a book that showed the wrong that had been done to Steven, he would not be free today! Steven lost ten young years of his life due to the unprofessional way in which his case was handled by the police and his lawyer.
As Steven was released after ten years, did the court awarded him $6.5million as compensation. But can money buy all those lost years of his childhood?
Both Steven and Lynne were off then Lynne went missing. People claim that they saw them last at the school and them riding off. The military ordered a search party the Air force looked for her. Police found Lynne's body in the forest just with a singlet on and blood over.
She had been raped and killed the police assumed Steven raped and killed Lynne because he was last seen with Lynne before they vanished. Steven was tried as an adult in to court, while police believe that Steven rode to a tractor path on the way dropping off Lynne and forced her in the woods where then was raped and killed.
While Steven claimed that he gave Lynne a ride passing a bridge and continued on to highway 8 heading east. Once he dropped Lynne off he reached the bridge and looked back and saw Lynne getting in to a gray 1959 Chevrolet and driving off.
Steven was in prison for 10 years after those years Steven went on trial to claim they he was clean. The court decided since they can't find all the evidence they said they will release him but will watch him.
There is one big hole in the evidence against Steven. One of them is that if he had raped and killed Lynne, why was there no blood on him or his clothing? He is said to have strangled her, so were his fingerprints not found on her. Also, if he had really raped Lynne, was not her blood found on him? Unfortunately, DNA testing was not available at that time to pin the needle on the real killer!
Another question is why the police failed to follow up on the "gray 1959 Chevrolet" that Steven saw driving away with Lynne.
Why was Steven tried as an adult then? He was only 14 years old when this took place. If Canada says it is a country which values human rights then why did it fail to recognize the rights of this young adolescent?
Steven also spent 10 long yeas in an adult prison - certainly a terrifying experience for any young person. Again, a violation of the "rights of a child."
Had the writer Isabel LeBourdais not written a book that showed the wrong that had been done to Steven, he would not be free today! Steven lost ten young years of his life due to the unprofessional way in which his case was handled by the police and his lawyer.
As Steven was released after ten years, did the court awarded him $6.5million as compensation. But can money buy all those lost years of his childhood?
