The Tragic Tale of Janice and Clayton Johnson

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

Curiouscast

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Episode 258: On the morning of February 20, 1989, stay-at-home mother of two Janice Faye Johnson was found unconscious, gravely injured and barely clinging to life at the foot of a flight of basement stairs in the Shelburne, Nova Scotia home she shared with her family, Clayton Norman Johnson and daughters Darla and Dawn. Even though she was still alive when she was found by a neighbour, who called for an ambulance immediately, Janice died in the hospital just after noon that day. More than three years after her death, police arrested Janice’s husband, Clayton, a high school industrial arts teacher, and charged him with first-degree murder. Consistently maintaining his innocence throughout subsequent proceedings, on May 4, 1993, Clayton was found guilty of the first-degree murder of his wife. He was later sentenced to life in prison — his appeals, citing spurious forensic evidence, were rejected. He spent the next five years in prison. Sources: Clayton Johnson - Innocence Canada Crown Halts Clayton Johnson Murder Prosecution - Government of Nova Scotia, Canada Clayton Johnson Settlement - Government of Nova Scotia, Canada Clayton Johnson: Innocent man convicted by so-called experts Clayton Johnson walks as Crown balks at new trial | CBC News Shelburne man, wrongly convicted of wife’s murder, dies | CBC News 1998 NSCA 14 (CanLII) | R. v. Johnson | CanLII 1994 NSCA 79 (CanLII) | R. v. Johnson | CanLII Clayton Johnson - Wrongful Conviction - Pyzer Criminal Lawyers Clayton Johnson: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam Clayton Johnson wrongful murder conviction: Tide of Suspicion (1998) - The Fifth Estate — YouTube Wrongly convicted man cleared in wife’s death - The Globe and Mail Accident or Murder? | Forensic Files Wiki | Fandom “Forensic Files” Accident or Murder? (TV Episode 1999) - Reference View - IMDb Obituary | Clayton Norman Johnson of Barrington, Nova Scotia | H.M. Huskilson’s Funeral Home Scribd | Justice Miscarried: Inside Wrongful Convictions in Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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