Many Canadian citizens take some of their fundamental rights for granted, especially those dealing with the criminal aspect. Today, when people are accused or arrested, they are guaranteed the right to consult a lawyer before giving a statement. With children, even more precaution is taken when they are accused of a crime. A parent or lawyer must be present at time of questioning, unless a statement is voluntarily given by the youth. Canada only adopted …showed first 75 words of 1846 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1846 total…Rights and Freedoms provides this assurance because things could be so easily skewed without it. Steven Truscott is currently awaiting an appeal that may reopen his case. Petitions and help from the Association in Defense of the Wrongly Convicted put pressure on Canadian’s parliamentary and judiciary systems. With the advanced technology of DNA evidence Truscott’s name may now be cleared. He has lived forty-three years on a shady conviction of rape and murder.