It has taken decades for Steven Truscott (background) to clear his name after being convicted of the murder of 12 year old Lynne Harper at the age of 14 in 1959. Truscott narrowly missed being hung by the state. He did his time but his claims of innocence lingered on.Three decades later, Truscott remembered those days in a jail cell in Goderich, Ont., when he feared he would feel the noose before his 15th birthday.
"I woke up one day and somebody was building something outside the wall," he told The Fifth Estate.
"You could hear the hammering, and I thought they were building a scaffold. And it's just kind of living in terror, and every day you expect it to be your last."
Buoyed by new evidence, Truscott's appeal has made its way to the Ontario Court of Appeal. CBC is offering online coverage of the arguments today from 10:30am - 1:30pm and 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET - a rare opportunity to watch what will hopefully be the successful conclusion of a major injustice perpetrated by officials all of those years ago that is a staggering example of the dangers of inflicting the death penalty as a much too final punishment.
Update: The court took a recess shortly after 1:00pm and will return at 2:30pm.
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