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The Valentine’s Dance at Seniors on the Bow is set for February 14. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with things really getting going at 7 p.m.. “Come dance to…

One of two sisters, both convicted of murder in 1994, has been granted day parole.

On Thursday, two former judges delivered a report to the federal government calling for a fully inde...

Advocates for people who are convicted of a crime they did not commit marked the seventh annual Wrongful Conviction Day last week.

Nerissa and her sister, Odelia Quewezance, have maintained their innocence for almost 30 years. They were sentenced to life on second-degree murder charges in 1994 for the death of Anthony Joseph Dolff from Kamsack. A young offender, who was 15 at the time, was also convicted. In May, Nerissa spoke to the Battlefords News-Optimist on the phone from an undisclosed location when she was on the run. “I’m doing awesome,” she said about her freedom. “I’m living the dream I never had.�...

For those not old enough to remember the stories making headlines decades ago, Milgaard was the victim of one of Canadas most notorious miscarriages of justice. He was arrested when he was only 16. In 1969, at the age of 17, he was wrongfully convicted of raping and murdering Saskatoon nurse Gail Miller and sent to Canada’s toughest prisons. He spent almost 23 years behind bars before he was released in 1992 and exonerated by DNA evidence in 1997. In prison Milgaard suffered unthinkable in...

David Milgaard - advocate for the wrongfully convicted - is demanding that Saskatchewan’s Justice Minister exonerate Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance. The sisters were sentenced to life in prison on. . .

“The important thing is he exonerate both Odelia and Nerissa. The second thing is he immediately squashes the warrants out for Nerissa’s arrest. Why do you arrest a wrongfully convicted person? The third thing is to give an interim compensation payment to the families. Give them some money so they can survive this terrible situation.” Milgaard said he has faith in the people of Saskatchewan and Canada. “I know that Saskatchewan people - and Canadians - all believe in what is right an...

Sisters seek freedom from 1994 murder conviction, life sentence A number of people are seeking to have sisters Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance — convicted in 1994 of killing a Kamsack man — released. Author of the article: Heather Polischuk Publishing date: May 18, 2021  •  8 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Odelia Quewezance speaks while holding an eagle feather during a Zoom call on Tues., May 18, 2021. Sisters Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance who were convicted of second-d...

Odelia Quewezance holds an eagle feather during a Zoom call on May 18. Odelia and her sister Nerissa Quewezance were convicted of second-degree murder in 1994. The sisters’ supporters say they are innocent and are calling on the federal government to release them. Zoom screenshot Nerissa Quewezance has been wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for the last three years. Following the media conference she spoke to the Battlefords News-Optimist on the phone from an undisclosed location. David Milgaa...