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| | Marshall, Donald, Jr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Marshall, Donald, Jr (born on September 13, 1953, at Sydney, N.S. The case of Donald Marshall has become one of the most controversial in the history of the Canadian criminal justice system. |
 | | Accused of the 28 May 1971 stabbing death of a fl youth, Sandy Seale, in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Marshall, a 16-year old Micmac, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. |
 | | Marshall's long incarceration for a crime he did not commit, and his subsequent struggle with provincial and federal governments for compensation, have drawn great interest from the general public, prison reform groups and organizations opposed to the reinstatement of capital punishment. |
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