The next case is the story and wrongful conviction of Robert Baltovich from Ontario, Canada. His girlfriend, named Elizabeth Bain had gone missing in June of 1990. The last time anyone had seen her was when she had told her parents she was going to school to check something. She attended the University of Toronto. After police investigations, her vehicle was found with evidence of her blood in the back seat, but her body was nowhere to be found. An undependable eye witness had linked her boyfriend Baltovich to her disappearance. He was then accused of second degree murder, the crown argued that Robert killed her because she was going to break up with him. The crown had based the case on two witnesses named, David Dibben and Marianne Perz. …show more content…
She was one of the four crown witnesses that were put under hypnosis as an attempt to strengthen their memories. Dibben’s testimony was also untrustworthy because he mentioned he wasn’t paying full attention to the vehicle and didn’t see the driver properly because of his view. The description he gave of the driver was not a match to the description of Roberts’ appearance. As he worked with the police his description began to change and become more detailed from the not very detailed description he had given earlier. Regardless of the faults in the evidence of the crowns case he was still found guilty by the jury of the second-degree murder of Elizabeth Bain. He was then sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole until seven teen years. For this incident, he had spent eight years in prison, throughout his time he upheld his innocence. He tried to appeal and the processes was taking too long so he got help from a lawyer James Lockyer, from AIDWYC. He assisted him and then Baltowich, in March 2000 was put on bail pending the hearing of his appeal. Four years later, in December 2004, the Ontario court of appeal set aside his conviction and ordered a new