The Marquardt Case
Anya Miller
Ms. Le Prevost-Groves
CHV20
08 July 2013 The Wrongfully Convicted: Tammy Marquardt
Tammy Marquardt, an Ontarian woman, was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of her two-year-old, in 1993. Marquardt, who was 21 at the time, heard her son Kenneth Wynne, crying out for her. By the time she got to the crib, her son was tangled up in the sheets. When the emergency workers had arrived, he had stop breathing. Tammy was charged for smothering her son to death. Her charge was based on the evidence of Dr. Charles Smith, a pathologist, who testified to his opinion that the two year old had smothered or strangled to death. In 1995, she was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.
In 2009, Marquardt
spent 14 years in prison, and was released on parole. In 2011, the Court of Appeal for Ontario overturned her second-degree murder convection and called her “a victim of a miscarriage justice”. Dr. Charles Smith, the pathologist that testified at Tammy’s trial, said that Kenneth was strangled or smothered, but another, more recent examination conducted by 2 other doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children, strongly suggest that the infant died of an epileptic seizure. Dr. Smith was stripped of his medical license due to profession misconduct and incompetence. Due to Dr. Smith being stripped of his licence, the Court of Appeal ordered a new trial. Today Tammy Marquardt is still grieving the last of her son, Kenneth Wynne. Also, she is looking for her 2 other sons that were out up for adoption when she was sentence to life imprisonment.
Works Cited
“Tammy Marquardt.” The Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted. 8 July 2013. < http://www.aidwyc.org/Exonerations_7-5.html>.
Shapiro, Joseph. “The Child Cases: Lessons from Canada.” NPR. 30 June 2011. 8 July 2013.
“Murder charge against mother dropped.” CBC. 7 June 2011. 8 July 2013.
Tyler, Tracey. “15 years later, court overturns child murder conviction.” Thestar.com. 11 Feb 2011. 8 July 2013.
Ms. Le Prevost-Groves
CHV20
08 July 2013 The Wrongfully Convicted: Tammy Marquardt
Tammy Marquardt, an Ontarian woman, was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of her two-year-old, in 1993. Marquardt, who was 21 at the time, heard her son Kenneth Wynne, crying out for her. By the time she got to the crib, her son was tangled up in the sheets. When the emergency workers had arrived, he had stop breathing. Tammy was charged for smothering her son to death. Her charge was based on the evidence of Dr. Charles Smith, a pathologist, who testified to his opinion that the two year old had smothered or strangled to death. In 1995, she was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.
In 2009, Marquardt
spent 14 years in prison, and was released on parole. In 2011, the Court of Appeal for Ontario overturned her second-degree murder convection and called her “a victim of a miscarriage justice”. Dr. Charles Smith, the pathologist that testified at Tammy’s trial, said that Kenneth was strangled or smothered, but another, more recent examination conducted by 2 other doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children, strongly suggest that the infant died of an epileptic seizure. Dr. Smith was stripped of his medical license due to profession misconduct and incompetence. Due to Dr. Smith being stripped of his licence, the Court of Appeal ordered a new trial. Today Tammy Marquardt is still grieving the last of her son, Kenneth Wynne. Also, she is looking for her 2 other sons that were out up for adoption when she was sentence to life imprisonment.
Works Cited
“Tammy Marquardt.” The Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted. 8 July 2013. < http://www.aidwyc.org/Exonerations_7-5.html>.
Shapiro, Joseph. “The Child Cases: Lessons from Canada.” NPR. 30 June 2011. 8 July 2013.
“Murder charge against mother dropped.” CBC. 7 June 2011. 8 July 2013.
Tyler, Tracey. “15 years later, court overturns child murder conviction.” Thestar.com. 11 Feb 2011. 8 July 2013.