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Innocence on Trial

The Framing of Ivan Henry

by (author) Joan McEwen

Publisher
Heritage House Publishing
Initial publish date
Sep 2014
Category
General, General, Sentencing
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772030037
    Publish Date
    Sep 2014
    List Price
    $9.99

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Description

In early-1980s Vancouver, Ivan Henry was an ex-convict still adjusting to civilian life when he was detained on a break-and-enter charge. A short time later he found himself on trial for ten charges of sexual assault—crimes he vehemently denied committing. Henry spent twenty-seven years in prison before a 2010 DNA test proved his innocence and secured his release. To this day, however, he has not been compensated or publicly exonerated.

This is a powerful, heartbreaking, frustrating story of justice miscarried and an innocent man who fell through the cracks.

About the author

Joan McEwen is a Vancouver-born labour lawyer and arbitration specialist. Educated at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia, she was called to the bar in 1978. After making partner at two law firms, she became a freelance labour arbitrator, her specialty since 1990. She is actively involved in innocence projects across North America that help exonerate and compensate the wrongfully convicted. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Awards

  • Short-listed, Arthur Ellis Prize for Non-Fiction