millbank Posted February 2, 2007 Posted February 2, 2007 Link to Video Details of case It might be the tiniest bit of evidence — a bug — that turns the tide for Steven Truscott, who became Canada's youngest death-row inmate in 1959. He was sentenced to be hanged at age 14 for a schoolmate's murder. His case, one of the most famous and controversial in Canadian judicial history, helped spur Canada to abolish the death penalty. And 47 years later, the saga continues.
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