139 Antonio Scopelliti

<p>Three emergency phone calls, two dead teenagers, one smoking gun, and no witnesses—besides the man who was responsible.</p><p>This is a landmark case that famed criminal defence lawyer Edward L Greenspan would cite as being one of two he worked on over his career that he found to be <em>especially </em>satisfying.</p><p>Although this particular case flew under the radar, it would have a profound impact on another very high-profile case that we covered last year in this podcast.</p><br><p><strong>More info:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Greenspan-case-defence-Edward-L/dp/077159495X" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Greenspan, the Case for the Defence</a>,&nbsp;by Edward Greenspan and George Jonas, 1987</li><li><a href="https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/he-fell-love-with-romance-law/docview/1942816377/se-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[Greenspan] fell in love with the romance of the law...</a> by Sean Fine, The Globe and Mail, 2014</li><li>SEBASTIAN BURNS and ATIF RAFAY:</li><li><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/washington-no-death-penalty-for-rafay-and-burns-1.277917" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Washington: no death penalty for Rafay and Burns,</a> CBC News, 2001</li><li>MICHAEL BRYANT:</li><li><a href="https://nationalpost.com/posted-toronto/decades-old-ruling-influenced-decision-to-drop-charges-in-bryant-case" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Decades-old ruling influenced decision to drop charges in Bryant case </a>by Shannon Kari, National Post, 2010<strong> injustice.</strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Canadian True Crime donates monthly to help those facing injustice.</strong></p><p>To commemorate Pride month we’ve donated to the <a href="https://ccgsd-ccdgs.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Canadian Centre for Gender &amp; Sexual Diversity</a> who provide education, research and advocacy to empower gender and sexually diverse communities.</p><br><p><strong>Listen ad-free and early:</strong></p><p>CTC p