David Milgaard

In the early hours of January 31st, 1969 Gail Miller a 22-year-old nursing assistant living in Saskatoon was found in an alley way. She had been raped, stabbed twelve times and left for dead. The rape was found to have occurred after she died. The police had little evidence; few clues had been left behind. There had been other attacks in the same area. Authorities tried to suppress the information that linked the Miller rape and murder to the two other assaults.

David Milgaard had decided to take a trip out to Alberta, along with two of his friends, Ron Wilson and Nichol John. Along the way David wanted to stop through Saskatoon to pick up another friend, Shorty Cadrain. Once they got to Saskatoon they drove around not really knowing where they were going. They stopped to help someone out of a snow bank, and got stuck themselves; this

Joyce Milgaard joined with Herch Wolch and David Asper of a law firm to help save her son. One of the lawyers, Asper reviewed the trial transcripts and the preliminary enquiry to the exhibits. He then concluded that the evidence provided not the guiltiness of Milgaard but quite the opposite; it proved that he was innocent. After reading an article on DNA and genetic finger printing, Mr. Aspen informed Joyce Milgaard on it. She then went to Dr. James Ferris a forensic pathologist. He was given many of the exhibits present in the trial, but due to the age and size of the sample the results were inconclusive. However, in a report dated September 13,1988, Dr. Ferris stated that the evidence, since inconclusive could not link David Milgaard with the murder. On December 28,1988 an application was present to the Minister of Justice who that time was Joe Clark. Section 617 of the Criminal Code of Canada then came into play, as this section states that the Minister can order a new trial or hearing. After the application was submitted new pieces of evidence were provided which proved and supported David Milgaard’s innocence. In 1994 Prime minister Jean Chretien ordered a retrial.

is when Milgaard ripped his pants, something that came into evidence against him. When they finally arrived at Cadrain's home, David changed his pants, and they left to go to Alberta. Larry Fisher who was later convicted of this crime (Miller's murder) was staying in the same home as Cadrain at the time. Some time after returning from their short trip to Alberta, Cadrain heard about the $2000 reward for information into Miller's

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