Self-taught expert, Dr. Charles Smith
Dr. Charles Smith had sat in on several criminal cases as an expert in pediatric forensics. He gave his testimonies. Testimonies which have now been reviewed as wrongful. Testimonies which sent innocent people, parents, to jail. And now many more of his cases are being reviewed. For God sakes, hopefully all of them.
“It was self-taught, it was minimal, and retrospectively I realize it was woefully inadequate.” That was Dr. Charles Smith’s statement on his training as a pediatric forensic pathologist. Now, my question is, how the hell did he make it through 30 years in that profession? Who the hell hired him and what does this say about the rest of the pediatric forensic pathologists in this country?
Dr. Charles Smith had also admitted that he “had a thing” against people that hurt children and that he assumed his role was to “support the Crown attorney” during those cases. Wow. As if the justice system wasn’t fucked up enough. Now their ‘experts’ have been proven to be biased and completely ignorant of the way the system works.
Since the public inquiry, many of the cases in which Dr. Charles Smith played a key role in have been deemed wrong. Here are a few examples…
William Mullins-Johnson was convicted of the first-degree murder of his 4 year old niece in 1993. Smith testified she was anally raped and suffocated. Other experts found no such evidence and concluded she died of natural causes.
Louise Reynolds was charged with killing her 7 year old daughter in 1997. Smith testified that the little girl had been stabbed 80 times with a scissors. Other pathologists concluded the girl was mauled by a do.
Brenda Waudby was charged with beating her 21 month old daughter to death in 1997. A pubic hair was found in her groin which went missing. Case was withdrawn after other experts concluded that the baby-sitter, who later admitted it, had killed the child. That pubic hair was later found in Dr. Smith’s desk drawer.
Sadly, he’ll probably get a slap on the wrist and retire with his full pension in tact. Go Canadian Justice!!
Posted by Frank N. Stein
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Yikes. I wonder what ELSE he kept in his desk drawer.
Was unaware of this bloke. You could have also tagged this entry under your category of “Scams”.