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Kaufman Report
The Commission on Proceedings Involving Guy Paul Morin, also known as the Kaufman Commission or Morin Inquiry, was a 1996 royal commission appointed by the Government of Ontario to address the wrongful conviction in 1992 of Guy Paul Morin for the murder of Christine Jessop on 3 October 1984, for which he was exonerated by DNA evidence on 23 January 1995.
The public inquiry was issued on 26 June 1996 by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council, appointing Fred Kaufman, Q.C., a former judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal, as commissioner. The hearings began on 10 February 1997 and continued for 146 days. The Kaufman report was released on 9 April 1998 and contained 119 recommendations.
Morin's conviction has been cited as one of Canada's most famous wrongful conviction cases. The inquiry led to significant alterations of how police investigated murders in Canada. Lawyer Bruce MacFarlane said that the report "is arguably the most comprehensive judicial review that has ever been undertaken into the causes of wrongful conviction, and how to avoid them."
The real killer remained unidentified until 2020. On 15 October 2020, Toronto Police identified Jessop’s murderer as Calvin Hoover, a friend and neighbour of the Jessop family who was 28 in 1984. Hoover took his own life in 2015.
Christine Marion Jessop (29 November 1974 – c. 3 October 1984) was a 9-year-old Canadian girl from Queensville, Ontario, who was abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered in October 1984. Her body was found about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from her home on New Year's Eve of the same year.
On October 3, 1984, Jessop's mother Janet and elder brother, Kenney, had travelled to Toronto's East Detention Centre where her father Bob was in custody. Bob Jessop had been incarcerated two weeks earlier for misappropriation of funds. Janet felt that, at 9 years old, Christine was too young to visit the detention centre. Despite her protests, Christine had been left behind in Queensville to attend school as usual. Christine returned home from school that afternoon on the school bus. She dropped her backpack off at home, but was not there when her mother and brother returned home, shortly after 4 p.m. Jessop went from her home to the variety store close to her home. The shopkeeper said that Christine came to the store alone between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m., bought bubble gum and left a minute or so later. Christine was supposed to meet a friend from school at a nearby park, but failed to show up.
Jessop was declared missing later that evening. Two months later, on 31 December, her remains were found in a farmer's field in Sunderland Brock Township, 55 km (34 mi) east from her home; she had been stabbed to death and investigators discovered semen stains on her underwear.
Police turned their attention to Jessop's next-door neighbour, Guy Paul Morin, on 14 February 1985, after he was one of a few people mentioned by Jessop's mother.
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The Commission on Proceedings Involving Guy Paul Morin, also known as the Kaufman Commission or Morin Inquiry, was a 1996 royal commission appointed by the Government of Ontario to address the wrongful conviction in 1992 of Guy Paul Morin for the murder of Christine Jessop on 3 October 1984, for which he was exonerated by DNA evidence on 23 January 1995.
The public inquiry was issued on 26 June 1996 by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council, appointing Fred Kaufman, Q.C., a former judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal, as commissioner. The hearings began on 10 February 1997 and continued for 146 days. The Kaufman report was released on 9 April 1998 and contained 119 recommendations.
Morin's conviction has been cited as one of Canada's most famous wrongful conviction cases. The inquiry led to significant alterations of how police investigated murders in Canada. Lawyer Bruce MacFarlane said that the report "is arguably the most comprehensive judicial review that has ever been undertaken into the causes of wrongful conviction, and how to avoid them."
The real killer remained unidentified until 2020. On 15 October 2020, Toronto Police identified Jessop’s murderer as Calvin Hoover, a friend and neighbour of the Jessop family who was 28 in 1984. Hoover took his own life in 2015.
Christine Marion Jessop (29 November 1974 – c. 3 October 1984) was a 9-year-old Canadian girl from Queensville, Ontario, who was abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered in October 1984. Her body was found about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from her home on New Year's Eve of the same year.
On October 3, 1984, Jessop's mother Janet and elder brother, Kenney, had travelled to Toronto's East Detention Centre where her father Bob was in custody. Bob Jessop had been incarcerated two weeks earlier for misappropriation of funds. Janet felt that, at 9 years old, Christine was too young to visit the detention centre. Despite her protests, Christine had been left behind in Queensville to attend school as usual. Christine returned home from school that afternoon on the school bus. She dropped her backpack off at home, but was not there when her mother and brother returned home, shortly after 4 p.m. Jessop went from her home to the variety store close to her home. The shopkeeper said that Christine came to the store alone between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m., bought bubble gum and left a minute or so later. Christine was supposed to meet a friend from school at a nearby park, but failed to show up.
Jessop was declared missing later that evening. Two months later, on 31 December, her remains were found in a farmer's field in Sunderland Brock Township, 55 km (34 mi) east from her home; she had been stabbed to death and investigators discovered semen stains on her underwear.
Police turned their attention to Jessop's next-door neighbour, Guy Paul Morin, on 14 February 1985, after he was one of a few people mentioned by Jessop's mother.