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Brenda Marie Young
The wrongful conviction of Randy Druken.
Victim(s)
Brenda Marie Young (26F)
perpetrator(s)
N/A
Case Status
Closed Case
Case Years
June 12, 1993
Location(s)
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Synopsis
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The Brenda Marie Young case revolves around the 1993 murder of the 26-year-old in her St. John's, Newfoundland apartment. Her boyfriend, Randy Druken, was wrongly convicted of her murder in 1995, largely based on unreliable testimony from a jailhouse informant who later recanted. Following his exoneration by DNA evidence in 1999, the inquiry found that police and prosecutors had engaged in "tunnel vision" and that the DNA pointed to Randy's brother, Paul, who was already deceased. Druken's wrongful conviction led to a public inquiry that exposed major flaws within the Newfoundland and Labrador justice system.
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