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Donald Marshall Jr. | |
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Born | [1] Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada | 13 September 1953
Died | 6 August 2009 Sydney, Nova Scotia | (aged 55)
Nationality | Mi'kmaq Canadian |
Known for | Wrongful murder conviction |
Father | Donald Marshall Sr. |
Donald Marshall Jr. (13 September 1953 – 6 August 2009) was a Mi'kmaq man who was wrongly convicted of murder. The case inspired a number of questions about the fairness of the Canadian justice system, especially given that Marshall was Aboriginal; as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation put it, "The name Donald Marshall is almost synonymous with 'wrongful conviction' and the fight for native justice in Canada."[2] The case inspired the Michael Harris book, Justice Denied: The Law Versus Donald Marshall and the subsequent film Justice Denied.[3] His father, Donald Marshall Sr., was grand chief of the Mi'kmaq Nation at the time.