Networked Knowledge
Dr Charles Smith - Homepage

Networked Knowledge - the Henry Keogh homepage
A state of Injustice - table of contents
Losing Their Grip - The Case of Henry Keogh - table of contents

Dr Smith's cases

The Tammy Marquardt story
The William Mullins-Johnson story
The Nicholas Gagnon story
The Sherry Sherrett story
The Louise Reynolds story
The Brenda Waudby story

The Inquiry into Paediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario

This is the Inquiry headed by The Honourable Stephen T Goudge Commissioner Link to the Commission's website
We are pleased to announce that Dr Bob Moles of Networked Knowledge, and Bibi Sangha of the Law School, Flinders University, have been engaged by the Commission to provide them with a paper relating to paediatric deaths in South Australia. The report will subsequently be published as part of the Commission's proceedings.
The Report was released 1 October 2008

An interesting and important blog site on the Smith case

Harold Levy's Blog on Dr Smith
Harold Levy is a former journalist with the Toronto Star. His background material on Dr Smith, including his cv is most interesting

This is the Harold Levy profile

This is an interesting article by Levy on Smith's defamation actions against the media

Media Reports

7 December 2009 - Globe and Mail - Case puts focus on justice system's 'dirty little secret' [Robert Graydon]
7 November 2009 - The Sudbury Star - Still waiting for justice
6 July 2009 - Globe and Mail - For the victims, the Ontario pathology scandal lives on
29 May 2009 - Toronto Star - Coroner rules strengthened after inquiry sounds alarm
28 May 2009 - CNW - A Stronger, More Accountable Coroners System
13 May 2009 - Toronto Star - Wins right to appeal manslaughter conviction in 1991 [Maria Shepherd]
13 May 2009 - Globe and Mail - 17-year-old manslaughter case to be reopened [Maria Shepherd]
12 March 2009 - CityNews.ca - The Suspicious Cases Of Dr. Charles Smith
2 December 2008 - The Star - Team selected to probe 142 shaken baby cases
1 December 2008 - Canadian Press - Review of Dr Smith’s cases
8 October 2008 - National Post - Who examines the medical examiners?
7 October 2008 - Toronto Star - Baby death review 'daunting'
3 October 2008 - The Hamilton Spectator - Monster's acts were allowed
3 October 2008 - National Post - Painful lessons from the career of Charles Smith
2 October 2008 - Hamilton Spectator - Goudge Report roasts 'arrogant' Smith - Pathologist, chief coroner faulted
2 October 2008 - Toronto Star - Smith's bosses face investigation” [College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario]
2 October 2008 - Toronto Star - The damage done by Doctor Smith
2 October 2008 - National Post - Trial judge raised red flag years earlier
2 October 2008 - Globe and Mail - Deeply flawed coroner's office condemned
1 October 2008 - Toronto Star - Goudge report applauded by First Nations leaders
1 October 2008 - Hamilton Spectator - Some quotes from the Goudge inquiry
1 October 2008 - MSNBC - Canada to compensate pathologist's victims
1 October 2008 - The Star - Recommendations 'bang on,' family head says
1 October 2008 - CBC - Inquiry blasts pathologist Smith and his overseers
1 October 2008 - Canwest News - Inquiry blasts Ont. coroner's office
1 October 2008 - Globe and Mail - Report blasts officials for shielding renegade pathologist
May 2008 - Canadian Lawyer - Smith inquiry raises expectations from the bar
2 April 2008 - Globe and Mail - Ontario waiting on compensation in Smith case
1 April 2008 - Canadian Press - Pathologist 'demonized' at inquiry but was product of flawed system
1 April 2008 - Globe and Mail - Top coroners didn't act, commission told
31 March 2008 - National Post - Dr. Smith and the price of justice
28 March 2008 - National Post - Pathologist Smith lays blame on system
28 March 2008 - Globe and Mail - Ontario's Chief Coroner wants to restructure its operation
27 March 2008 - All News Radio - Ont. urged to widen review of pediatric autopsies in wake of Smith's errors
27 March 2008 - National Post - Profession not in crisis, top pathologist says
27 March 2008 - Globe and Mail - Pathologists failings difficult to detect: chief coroner
27 March 2008 - CBC News - Ontario urged to review all pediatric autopsies since 1981
9 March 2008 - Toronto Star - The 'forgotten victims' torn from their homes
12 February 2008 - National Post - Murder Conviction: Smith's testimony in Ohio may lead to an appeal
11 February 2008 - Ottawa Citizen - Unmasking the expert: musings on the Goudge inquiry
8 February 2008 - National Post - Pathologist testified in US death penalty case, inquiry hears
7 February 2008 - Toronto Star - Mistake by Smith found in 1990s case
2 February 2008 - Globe and Mail - Smith mulls fate of children taken from families
1 February 2008 - Toronto Sun - If forensic pathologists become 'cops in lab coats
31 January 2008 - Globe and Mail - Pathologist denies prejudging parents' guilt
30 January 2008 - Canadian Press - Smith admits visit to suspect was wrong
29 January 2008 - Globe and Mail - Goudge commission lawyer attacks Smith story
29 January 2008 - National Post - The farce of Charles Smith
29 January 2008 - Toronto Star - Dangerous devotion to doctors' orders
28 January 2008 - Globe and Mail - 'I am sorry,' Smith says, but strikes back at probes
28 January 2008 - National Post - Disgraced pathologist woefully inadequate
27 January 2008 - National Post - Disgraced Ontario pathologist begins testimony
27 January 2008 - Toronto Star - Forensic Pathology Inquiry - Centre of the pediatric inquiry storm
17 January 2008 - National Post - Ontario judge refutes Smith's allegations
15 January 2008 - National Post - Police felt guilt, Smith probe told
11 December 2007 - Toronto Star - Police sway pathologists' conclusions, expert says
11 December 2007 - Globe and Mail - Staff was in crisis, chief pathologist testifies
10 December 2007 - Toronto Star - Signals missed as pathology errors piled up
8 December 2007 - Globe and Mail - Goudge Commission: Questions raised about another pathologist
21 November 2007 - Toronto Star - Cairns wrong to defend Smith, inquiry told [Prof Jack Crane]
15 November 2007 - Globe and Mail - Staff crunch endangers system, commission told
15 November 2007 - National Post - Dr. Charles Smith lacks forensic knowledge, critics say
15 November 2007 - National Post - Disgraced pathologist's work continued despite concerns
14 November 2007 - Toronto Star - Discredited pathologist Dr. Charles Smith made questionable findings
14 November 2007 - National Post - Problems went beyond pathologist's flawed work: inquiry
14 November 2007 - Globe and Mail - Commission reveals 13 new cases based on questionable opinions by disgraced pathologist includes text of statement by Dr Smith
14 November 2007 - Toronto Star - Dr Smith's apology
13 November 2007 - Toronto Star - Apology cold comfort
12 November 2007 - Toronto Star - Smith's cases
12 November 2007 - National Post – Goudge inquiry facts
12 November 2007 - Globe and Mail - How did system allow Smith to go unchecked?
12 November 2007 - The Star - Probe of pathology system begins
13 October 2007 - Globe and Mail - Bad autopsy shouldn't alter verdict, court told [Marco Trotta]
5 October 2007 - Sun Media - Pathologist seeks to bar letters
3 October 2007 - Globe and Mail - Medical registrar fights inquiry
19 September 2007 - Justice: The Errors of Charles Smith: The Trotta Case
18 August 2007 - Toronto Star - Group may cross examine witnesses
16 July 2007 - Channel 7 Today Tonight Adelaide - The Forensic Science Centre and South Australian investigations
18 June 2007 - Canadian Press - Inquiry head to hear stories of people affected
24 May 2007 - Commissioner of Pediatric Forensic Pathology Inquiry to make public statement on June 18 2007
11 May 2007 - The Whigg - How a once-respected pathologist turned victims into suspects
7 May 2007 - Globe and Mail - Worker stole from body bags, tampered with evidence
4 May 2007 - Standard Freeholder - Dr Charles Smith - The case against capital punishment
3 May 2007 - Media Release - Commissioner Goudge Appoints Staff to Paediatric Pathology Inquiry
3 May 2007 - CanWest News - Man convicted on controversial doctor's evidence, granted bail [Marco Trotta]
30 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - Criminal defence lawyers must share blame, expert says
30 April 2007 - Law Times - Inquiry doesn’t go far enough
30 April 2007 - Whigg Standard - Most awful case; Errors known long ago, pathologist says
29 April 2007 - Canadian Press - Closer coordination urged between coroners, forensic pathologists
27 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - Arctic coroners comb files for flawed autopsies
27 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - Dr Pollanen - wunderkind challenged Dr Smith
26 April 2007 - Times Colonist - Dr Smith consulted on death of Dorian Stobo BC
25 April 2007 - Media Release Attorney-General - Justice Goudge to head inquiry
25 April 2007 - Canadian Press - DaVinci's Inquest: Larry Campbell helps public inquiry
25 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - Judge Goudge to head inquiry
24 April 2007 - Canadian Press - Ontario to review wrongful convictions in child deaths
24 April 2007 - CBC News - Smith's cases show need for watchdog says pathologist
24 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - Full scale inquiry announced
23 April 2007 - Canadian Press - Embattled pathologist in BC case
22 April 2007 - CanWest News Service - Nice man his neighbours say
22 April 2007 - CanWest News Service - BC joins review of pathologist
20 April 2007 - Kingston Whigg Standard - Dr Smith did over 1000 autopsies
20 April 2007 - Globe and Mail - Autopsy review sparks wider probe - details other cases
19 April 2007 - Canadian Press Reports on Investigation into Dr Smith cases
19 April 2007 - Chief Coroner Ontario - Report on Investigation into Dr Smith cases
18 April 2007 - Dr Smith said to have erred in some 20 suspicious death cases
18 December 2006 Tracey Tyler of the Toronto Star reported “Should experts be sued?

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