Huron Expositor, 2007-11-14, Page 10Poge 10 The Huron Expositor • November 14, 2007
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Steven Truscott visits Huron Centennial school
Cheryl Heath
CEEMEMEMIS
Grades 7 and 8 students at Huron
Centennial school were given an
opportunity that news media can
only jealously covet.
The Brucefield students rolled out
the welcome mat to Steven and
Marlene Truscott, Monday after-
noon, for a session focusing on
courage as part of the school's virtue
of the month.
Students, unlike reporters, were
also given the chance to pepper the
couple with questions.
The Truscotts, who agreed to visit
the school out of more than 200
such requests, did so along with
close family friend Karen Scruton,
longtime advocate of the couple.
Though the couple noted their ties
to the school go beyond that since
some of the students of today are
the grandchildren of their friends of
yesteryear.
And, much to the Truscotts'
delight, one of the students on hand
lives in the home that was once
Steven's. Indeed, she even has the
bedroom that was once his when he
Marlene and Steven Truscott field questions at Huron Centennial Public School.
with the rape and murder of 12 -
year -old Lynne Harper near
Vanastra, outlined the long saga of
Truscott's ordeal, beginning with a
quick conviction in 1959 that culmi-
nated in a sentence to hang.
Followed by appeals, a commuta-
tion of the death sentence, the
was a 14 -year-old boy embarking on
a journey that would impact the
rest of his life.
Win Wahrer, director of client ser-
vices for the Association in Defence
of the Wrongfully Convicted (AID-
WYC) which led the legal charge to
clear Truscott's name in connection
Supreme Court reference, his 1969
parole and, eventually, the begin-
ning of his appeal to overturn the
conviction.
"Steven Truscott, at the age of 14,
didn't enlist in an army... but he
was in a war," says Wahrer, who
credits author Isabel LeBourdais
with "opening the floodgates" that
started up the fight to overturn the
conviction.
"On Aug. 28, 2007, Steven
Truscott was vindicated," says
Wahrer. "He was cleared of the mur-
der of Lynne Harper. And I can't tell
you what a day that was...Steven
Truscott finally won the war."
Wahrer said Truscott's saga
proves "bad things can happen to
good people."
"If you believe something is
wrong, stand up and be counted,"
she said.
Next up, Steven agreed to field
thoughtful and sometimes provoca-
tive questions from students,
including several that hail from
Vanastra.
"It's been a long fight with many
people who helped along the way,"
Steven told stu-
dents, echoing
Wahrer's belief
that by getting
involved, "you
can make a dif-
ference."
Before taking
questions, he also
gave thanks to
Wahrer, his wife,
Marlene, and
"good friend,
Karen Scruton"
for their unyield-
ing support prior
to the quashing
of his conviction
in August.
The questions
ranged from his
career of choice,
37 years as a
mechanical mill-
wright, to how he
met his wife,
which was
through author
LeBourdais
about 39 years
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