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 January 25, 2005: The Federal government
released the
first national examination of the reasons for so many wrongful
convictions in Canada. This should be required reading for every prosecutor,
cop and criminal defence lawyer in the country. If any of the
obvious warnings had been heeded in Darren Koehn's case, he would
not have been charged. News reports of the gov't report
Bad medical evidence: Dr. Charles Smith
| Dr. Joel Yelland | Dr.
Roy Meadow | Louise Reynolds
| Folland allowed to sue counsel
for ineffective defence | Kenneth
Marsh freed after 21 years, San Diego |
Darren Koehn:
Satanic abuse
charges and false testimony from "experts"
THE ACCIDENT
Jeremy's injury was a terrible
accident that occurred one day when Darren was babysitting, as
Jeremy was too sick to go to the regular sitters. Darren
had awoken from the couch, and hopped quickly over the coffee
table (to grab the 'puke-bucket' for Jeremy) ~ but tragically,
landed upon Jeremy before he saw him on the floor behind the
table. Darren didn't realize that Jeremy could be internally
injured, as he didn't seem to be badly hurt. This was Darren's
fatal mistake, for which he will never forgive himself, and for
which he admits guilt of Negligence.
A couple of hours after the
accident, Jeremy had a convulsion and aspirated his vomit.
Darren, the neighbour, the paramedics, and hospital staff all
tried hopelessly for nearly an hour to revive him. In the
emergency room, the doctor mistook and reported the minor bruises
and scrapes on Jeremy as fitting the 'profile' of signs of child
abuse, without realizing or investigating that the superficial
marks were from Jeremy's rough play outside, and from the CPR.
In immediate recognition of
the accidental nature of Jeremy's injury, Darren was originally
charged with Negligence...however, with False Medical Evidence
and Police Misconduct the charges were wrongfully inflated to
2nd degree Murder. Murder means Darren intended to injure
Jeremy that it was an "assault". Jeremy's
injury was from falling upon him - he was never assaulted in
any way. With Criminal Negligence, Darren would've been
released years ago. With Second-degree Murder, he may spend
the rest of his life in prison.
At trial, almost twenty witnesses
(including Jeremy's mother and two doctors) testified there were
no indications of abuse, and to the close loving relationship
and lack of violence in the household. They described that
Jeremy and Darren had been best buddies, and that Darren was
filled with despair over the accident. Significantly, several
witnesses had seen Darren regularly leap from the couch, over
the coffee table, in the exact same fashion (or had even done
it themselves). The witnesses were ignored, in favour of
medical "evidence", that after the trial was found
to be false and full of errors.
"EVIL"
STEPS IN... "Satanic Hysteria takes control"
When the police went to Darren's
house, they immediately observed new-age spiritual items and
decor that they decided fit a 'profile' for recognizing "Satanic
Crime" ~ Darren and Jeremy's mother were actually
Wiccans, (which can be described as a revival of the "Native
Spirituality of pre-christian Europe", and is strikingly
similar in most aspects to the Natives of North America - and
nothing to do with Satan).
However, the police were stubbornly
and hysterically convinced they were dealing with something more
sinister and sensational. They photographed and seized
items such as tarot cards, a diary written in wiccan runes, and
a ceremonial dagger that was absurdly tested for blood. (of course,
turned up negative!)
The police interrogations illustrate
more proof of this presumption, with quotes about them knowing
that Wicca "involves the abuse of young children".
They were determined that Jeremy was actually the victim of some
dramatic sort of "ritual torture", and even released
this as 'fact' to the newspaper. A media ban was then put
in place by the courts, to conceal the prejudicial nature of
the case from the public. Some of the actual police notes
describing what they absurdly perceived as "devil worship
material" can be seen at the website: www.FreeDarrenKoehn.com.
In their occult hysteria,
the police completely refused to listen to Darren's explanations
of the accident, or to document the evidence to confirm it.
Instead, they coached their witnesses to bolster their accusations,
and sought out a highly biased pathologist whose specialty was
convicting abusers. Further, the grieving in-laws were
easily manipulated into feeling they had failed Jeremy, and making
more accusations of abuse.
FALSE MEDICAL
EVIDENCE
The hand-picked pathologist
was told her extraordinary testimony was needed to convict in
a "satanic ritualistic crime". Her examination
was therefore prejudicially conducted and poorly reported, as
her conclusions were 'pre-decided'. Her report was full
of errors and distortions, including completely mis-stating 'left'
instead of 'right', and the lab returning her samples as unreadable
due to "foreign matter" contaminating the microscope
slides. Darren's ultimate conviction is based on the false
evidence of this pathologist ~ evidence that was not discovered
as false until after the trial!
The errors in the report directly
generated false testimony that Jeremy's injury occurred with
a velocity equal to 50 km/hr! Ultimately, the judge pointed
to the apparent severity of the single fatal blow, rather than
any wild accusations of the grandparents or police, and felt
the alleged "savageness" of the abdominal blow implied
intent beyond a reasonable doubt. But it was the undiscovered
false evidence that generated this overstated estimate of the
velocity of the blow. Even further faulty medical
science was added later, to contrive accusations of prior abuse.
Much of this can also now be discredited with modern medical
knowledge. Again, the errors in the medical evidence were
not discovered until after the final conviction, and have never
been investigated...!
THE LEGAL BATTLE
~ RIGHT TO REPRESENTATION?
Why hasn't Darren filed an
appeal, based on the false evidence? He was denied Legal
Aid for an appeal lawyer. In 1999, he represented himself
to the Appeals Court, asking them to appoint him a lawyer to
prepare an application for an Appeal... But, because his
(Sec. 684) appearance was not formally presented properly, it
was dismissed for "lack of due diligence".
Without a lawyer, Darren has been unable to ever properly complete
an appeal application, and no appeal has yet been filed.
THE NIGHTMARE
GOES ON - NO PAROLE?
Darren has now been in prison
over ten years. However, his chances for parole appear slim,
with his continuing to say he is innocent, the system views him
as 'unremorseful'... cuttingly ironic since his very heart and
soul have been destroyed by grief that the term 'remorse' can't
even come close to describing.
~Petition
to the Minister of Justice ~
The last chance is to demand
an investigation into the conviction by the Canadian Federal
Minister of Justice, due to a Miscarriage of Justice. The
website links to an Online Petition demanding attention to the
appeal, and can be found at: www.FreeDarrenKoehn.com.
It has gained 225 signatures in the seven weeks since it was
begun.
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- September 16, 2003: Michael Ross
- September 18, 2003: Ellen Gunn
- September 19, 2003: Terry Hinz
- September 19, 2003:StarPhoenix editorial,
Terry Hinz
- September 20, 2003: Louis Dupuis
- September 27, 2003: Ron Schindell,
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- October 01, 2003: Case
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of malicious intent: lawyers
- October 2, 2003: Letter to the editor from former "Believe
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- October 03, 2003: Lawyer details evidence of malice
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04, 2003: Judge
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- October 27, 2003: Judge Baynton's interim decision: Quinney
dropped, the rest proceed
- October 27, 2003: Claim goes forward
- October 29, 2003: Brian
Dueck
- October 30, 2003: Dueck
- October 31, 2003: Brian
Dueck
- November 01, 2003: Matthew
Miazga
- November 04, 2003: Matthew
Miazga
- November 05, 2003: Matthew
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- November 06, 2003: Sonja Hansen
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Post judgment publicity
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- Sabo's
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- Editorials: StarPhoenix, Leader Post and National
Post
- National
Post front page story, Jan. 10
- Sarah
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- Lives ruined by Jason Warick, Feb. 19
- April 15/04: Judge
Baynton warns defendants' lawyers not to delay damages trial
- Dueck
drops his appeal
- Full
transcript of Dueck's examinations for discovery which were part of the read-ins at
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- 2005: In
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Canadians who
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combined with zealous Crown
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Baltovich
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- Sebastian Burns
- Wilbert
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Dix
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Driskell
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Druken
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Druken
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Frumusa
- Walter
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- Clayton Johnson
- Yvonne Johnson
- Herman
Kaglik
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"Kulam" Karthiresu
- Stephen Leadbeater
- Donald Marshall
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McTaggart
- Felix
Michaud
- David Milgaard
- Guy
Paul Morin
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Murrin
- Jamie
Nelson
- Greg
Parsons
- Benoit Proulx
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- Louise
Reynolds
- Thomas
Sophonow
- Gary
Staples
- Steven
Truscott
- Joe
Warren
- Leon
Walchuk
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