David Milgaard Case Study

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David Milgaard was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder towards Gail Miller, a Saskatoon nursing aide in 1969. He was sixteen and heading on a road trip with three of his friends. He was going to pick up one of his friends at their house before heading out. Larry Fisher lived in his basement in which he rented out.
That morning Gail Miller was murdered and David’s friend, Albert Cadrain told the police that “David was acting strange and had blood on his shirt” (Innocents Canada, 2016). This comments started to point fingers at him and brought all his friends into the police station that were with him that day for questioning. At first all of his friend gave him an alibi saying that he was with them the entire morning but after a while

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