David Milgaard

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Charge:	Murder and Rape
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	23
Year Crime:	1969
Year Convicted:	1970
Year Cleared:	1992
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Saskatchewan
City of Crime:	Saskatoon
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"David Milgaard was wrongly convicted of rape and murder in 1970 when he was 17-years-old. Milgaard was sentenced to life in prison. The Supreme Court of Canada set aside his convictions on April 16, 1992, after a two-year investigation by Centurion Ministries uncovered the identity of the real killer. Testing of DNA evidence arranged by AIDWYC cleared him absolutely 5 years later in 1997, and resulted in the arrest of the murderer 28 years after he committed the crime. The Saskatchewan government awarded David Milgaard $10,000,000 compensation in June 1999."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	Discovery of the real killers identity in 1992 and DNA testing in 1997 arranged by the AIDWYC.
Defendant Aided By:	"Lawyer Hersh Wolch, Centurion Ministries and the Assoc. In Defense of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC - Canada)"
Compensation Awarded:	"CAN$10 million (Province of Saskatchewan, June 1999)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	16
Age When Released:	39
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Wrongfully Convicted - CBC
Information Location 1:	http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/facts/wrong_convicted.html
Information Source 2:	Centurion Ministries website
Information Location 2:	http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html
Information Source 3:	""Saskatchewan to Oppose Bail in Milgaard Review," Tim Appleby & David Roberts (staff writer), The Globe and Mail, Nov. 30, 1991."
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Information Source 4:	AIDYWC website
Information Location 4:	http://www.aidwyc.org/
Information Source 5:	"The Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard, CBC Archives"
Information Location 5:	http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-70-713
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David Milgaard

Charge:

Murder and Rape

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

23

Year Crime:

1969

Year Convicted:

1970

Year Cleared:

1992

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Saskatchewan

City of Crime:

Saskatoon

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Discovery of the real killers identity in 1992 and DNA testing in 1997 arranged by the AIDWYC.

Defendant Aided By:

"Lawyer Hersh Wolch, Centurion Ministries and the Assoc. In Defense of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC - Canada)"

Compensation Awarded:

"CAN$10 million (Province of Saskatchewan, June 1999)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

16

Age When Released:

39

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Wrongfully Convicted - CBC

Information Location 1:

http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/facts/wrong_convicted.html

Information Source 2:

Centurion Ministries website

Information Location 2:

http://www.centurionministries.org/cases.html

Information Source 3:

""Saskatchewan to Oppose Bail in Milgaard Review," Tim Appleby & David Roberts (staff writer), The Globe and Mail, Nov. 30, 1991."

Information Location 3:

Information Source 4:

AIDYWC website

Information Location 4:

http://www.aidwyc.org/

Information Source 5:

"The Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard, CBC Archives"

Information Location 5:

http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-70-713

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