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Donald Marshall Jr. timeline (research project)
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Murder of Sandy Seale
Sandy Seale (the woman Donald Marshall Jr. was convicted of killing) is stabbed and killed in Wentworth Park in Sydney, NS. http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/marshall_inquiry/_docs/Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall Jr Prosecution_findings.pdf -
Donald Marshall Jr. Charged for murder.
Donald Marshall Jr. (age 17) is Charged with the murder of Sandy Seale. http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/marshall_inquiry/_docs/Royal%20Commission%20on%20the%20Donald%20Marshall%20Jr%20Prosecution_findings.pdf -
Roy Ebsary's name is brought up.
A person named Donna Ebsary tells a friend that the night Sandy Seale was murdered, She saw her dad Roy Ebsary washing blood off of a knife. http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/marshall_inquiry/_docs/Royal%20Commission%20on%20the%20Donald%20Marshall%20Jr%20Prosecution_findings.pdf -
Roy Ebsary confesses
Sometime in 1981, Donald Marshall Jr. learned that Roy Ebsary confessed to the murder of Sandy Seale. http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/marshall_inquiry/_docs/Royal%20Commission%20on%20the%20Donald%20Marshall%20Jr%20Prosecution_findings.pdf -
Case reopened
Marshall Jr.'s new lawyer asks the police to reopen the case, after hearing Roy Ebsary's confession. http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/marshall_inquiry/_docs/Royal%20Commission%20on%20the%20Donald%20Marshall%20Jr%20Prosecution_findings.pdf -
Marshall Jr. Wrongfully Convicted
Soon after the Case is reopened, Marshall Jr. is released from prison, and the murder charge is dropped. -
Compensation
Sometime in 1983 Donald Marshall Jr. recieved $250,000 for the 11 years that he spent in prison http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/26005--canadian-cases-of-wrongful-conviction -
Marshall arrested for attempted murder.
Soon after a new years party Donald Marshall Jr. was arrested for attempted murder after supposedly attacking someone with a car. Charges were dropped when both men accepted to join a healing circle. -
Marshall Jr. dies.
In August of 2009, Donald Marshall Jr. dies after being ill, at age 55. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2009/08/06/f-wrongfully-convicted.html#marshall_jr
