BREATHTAKING

I'd like to know the details of this one:

A top Toronto pathologist is at the centre of a case that saw a Sault Ste. Marie man go to prision for a murder he might not have committed. 34-year old William Mullins-Johnson has been in prison for 12 years for the sexual assault and murder of his 4-year old niece. He was convicted largely on scientific evidence. Evidence submitted by Toronto pathologist Doctor Charles Smith.

Now, top officials in the Ontario Chief Coroner's office say the murder never happened and the 4-year old died of natural causes.

Smith resigned his position at the Hospital for Sick Children in July, just weeks after Ontario's Chief Coroner ordered a review of all suspicious death cases Smith handled since 1991.

Mullins-Johnson's lawyer, James Lockyer, is asking federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler to quash the conviction on the basis Mullins-Johnson is the victim of miscarriage of justice.

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