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Truscott, Steven Murray

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Personal name headingTruscott, Steven Murray
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Variant(s)Truscott, Steven, 1945-
Biography/History noteIn a famous case of wrongful conviction, at the age of 14, Steven Truscott (1945-) was convicted of the rape and murder of his 12 year old classmate Lynne Harper, in Clinton, Ontario. He spent the next 5 decades in prison before being exonerated in 2007.
LocatedClinton (Ont.)
Birth date1945-01-18
Place of birthVancouver (B.C.)
Found inWork cat.: Cooper, Beverley. Innocence lost, 2009: t.p. (Steven Truscott)
LC data base, 07-28-09 (hdg.: Truscott, Steven Murray)
Amicus, 07-28-09 (hdg.: Truscott, Steven, 1945-)
Canadiana, August 25, 2020 (access point: Truscott, Steven, 1945-; variant: Truscott, Steven Murray, 1945-; born in 1945)
Wikipedia, viewed on August 25, 2020 (Steven Truscott; Steven Murray Truscott; born January 18, 1945 in Vancouver, British Columbia; Canadian man sentenced to death in 1959 for the rape and murder of classmate Lynn Harper; in 2007, conviction overturned on the basis that key forensic evidence was weaker than had been portrayed at trial)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Truscott>
Canadian Encyclopedia website, viewed on August 25, 2020: Steven Truscott case (wrongly convicted of killing his 12 year old classmate, Lynne Harper in Clinton, Ontario, at the age of 14; exonerated 5 decades later)
   <https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/steven-truscott-case>
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