In today's Canadian society, it is certain that criminal law must serve and protect and its fundamental purpose is to prevent crime and punish offenders. However, there have been cases where criminal law punished the perpetrator who turned out to be innocent. A belief is needed to demonstrate that the system is not discredited and to maintain order and safety of people in society. If a criminal cannot be caught, people will look down on the system with disgrace. In many cases, officers arrest an individual who fits a certain description that they know will lead to arrest and conviction. In the case of Guy Paul Morin we see how the system has failed to help innocent people who respect the law. The law is established to protect those who are innocent from being targeted because of the law. The aspect of wrongful conviction is established within the law to protect the innocent from abuse by the law. However, the real question of concern is whether wrongful conviction actually helps those who cannot help themselves. That said, another important underlying factor is whether the criminal justice system has restrictions set up to help those who are not innocently convicted and those who were convicted and later found innocent. By looking at the case of Guy Paul Morin, you will see how the police, courts and criminal justice system have failed to help the innocent and bring justice to society, as well as showing that the system has failed to help its people , and what needs to be done to help those who have been wrongly convicted. On July 30, 1992, an innocent man was put behind bars and caged for a crime he didn't commit. This false arrest allowed the real culprit to walk free in... middle of paper... Nadian Criminal Justice System (Second edition ed., pp. 47-73). Canada: Pearson Prentice Hall.Garrett, BL (n.d.). The substance of false confessions. Criminal Justice Collection. Retrieved November 23, 2010, from find.galegroup.com.uproxy.library.dc-uoit.ca/gtx/retrieve.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D % 28on%2CNone%2C28%29%22Wrongful+convictions+%28Law%29%22%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28RE%2CNone%2C3%29ref%24&sgHitCoKing, Jack. “The Ordeal of Guy Paul Morin: Canada Faces Systemic Injustice.” National Association of Criminal Lawyers (NACDL). Np, nd Web. December 7, 2010. Maidment, M. (2009). When justice is a game: Unraveling wrongful convictions in Canada. Canada: Fernwood Publishing.R. v. Morin, [1995] (CanLII)