MOVE
MOVE WORKED TO PROVE HIS
INNOCENCE
MOVE WORKED TO PROVE HIS INNOCENCE WHILE HE WAS BEHIND
BARS.
ARRESTED
BARS. ARRESTED FOR MURDER AT JUST 16,
HE
ARRESTED FOR MURDER AT JUST 16, HE WAS FINALLY FREED AT AGE 39.
>>
HE WAS FINALLY FREED AT AGE 39. >> IT'S GOOD TO BE OUT.
>>
>> IT'S GOOD TO BE OUT. >> Reporter: AND THEY HELPED TO
GET
>> Reporter: AND THEY HELPED TO GET MILGA
>> Reporter: AND THEY HELPED TO GET MILGAARD RELEASED F
>> Reporter: AND THEY HELPED TO GET MILGAARD RELEASED FROM
PRISON
GET MILGAARD RELEASED FROM PRISON IN 1992 AND T
GET MILGAARD RELEASED FROM PRISON IN 1992 AND THEN FULLY
OAKESONERATE
PRISON IN 1992 AND THEN FULLY EXONERATED IN 1998 ARE 7.
PRISON IN 1992 AND THEN FULLY EXONERATED IN 1997.
>>
EXONERATED IN 1997. >> IT FILLED MY H
EXONERATED IN 1997. >> IT FILLED MY HEART WITH JOY
TO
>> IT FILLED MY HEART WITH JOY TO SEE HIM AS A TOUGH PERSON.
>>
TO SEE HIM AS A TOUGH PERSON. >> Reporter: MILGAARD WAS
PASSINGS
>> Reporter: MILGAARD WAS PASSINGS THROUGH SASKATOON WITH
FRIENDS
PASSINGS THROUGH SASKATOON WITH FRIENDS IN 1969 WHEN HE WAS
ARRESTED
FRIENDS IN 1969 WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER
OF
ARRESTED FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF GAIL MILLER.
POLICE
OF GAIL MILLER. POLICE SAID THAT EVIDENCE
POINTED
POLICE SAID THAT EVIDENCE POINTED TO THE HOME WHER
POLICE SAID THAT EVIDENCE POINTED TO THE HOME WHERE HE WAS
STAYING
POINTED TO THE HOME WHERE HE WAS STAYING FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY.
HE
STAYING FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. HE WAS CONVICTED THE N
STAYING FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. HE WAS CONVICTED THE NEXT YEAR.
>>
HE WAS CONVICTED THE NEXT YEAR. >> I DON'T THINK HOW YOU CAN
LEAD
>> I DON'T THINK HOW YOU CAN LEAD A NORMAL LIFE AFTER
SPENDING
LEAD A NORMAL LIFE AFTER SPENDING SO MANY YEARS IN JAIL
AT
SPENDING SO MANY YEARS IN JAIL AT SUCH A YOU
SPENDING SO MANY YEARS IN JAIL AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.
>>
AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. >> Reporter: CECIL ROBNER
CO-WROTE
>> Reporter: CECIL ROBNER CO-WROTE A BO
>> Reporter: CECIL ROBNER CO-WROTE A BOOK ON MILGAAR
>> Reporter: CECIL ROBNER CO-WROTE A BOOK ON MILGAARD AND
HELPED
CO-WROTE A BOOK ON MILGAARD AND HELPED TO CLEAR HIS NAME.
>>
HELPED TO CLEAR HIS NAME. >> WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE
TOTALITY
>> WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE TOTALITY OF THE EVIDENCE, THAT
WE
TOTALITY OF THE EVIDENCE, THAT WE KNEW THAT HE WAS I
TOTALITY OF THE EVIDENCE, THAT WE KNEW THAT HE WAS INNOCENT AND
WE
WE KNEW THAT HE WAS INNOCENT AND WE KNEW WHO T
WE KNEW THAT HE WAS INNOCENT AND WE KNEW WHO THE R
WE KNEW THAT HE WAS INNOCENT AND WE KNEW WHO THE REAL KILLER W
WE KNEW THAT HE WAS INNOCENT AND WE KNEW WHO THE REAL KILLER WAS
>>
WE KNEW WHO THE REAL KILLER WAS >> Reporter: THE REAL KILLER WAS
ROBERT
>> Reporter: THE REAL KILLER WAS ROBERT FISHER, LIVING IN THE
BASEMENT
ROBERT FISHER, LIVING IN THE BASEMENT IN THE SAME HOUSE WHERE
MILGAARD
BASEMENT IN THE SAME HOUSE WHERE MILGAARD STAYED IN SASKATOON.
AND
MILGAARD STAYED IN SASKATOON. AND FISHER'S E
MILGAARD STAYED IN SASKATOON. AND FISHER'S EX-WIFE TOLD POLICE
THAT
AND FISHER'S EX-WIFE TOLD POLICE THAT SHE BELIEVED THAT HE WA
AND FISHER'S EX-WIFE TOLD POLICE THAT SHE BELIEVED THAT HE WAS
THE
THAT SHE BELIEVED THAT HE WAS THE LIKELY KILLER BUT POLICE
WERE
THE LIKELY KILLER BUT POLICE WERE UNCONVINCED.
FOR
WERE UNCONVINCED. FOR YEARS, THEY SAID THAT POLICE
HAD
FOR YEARS, THEY SAID THAT POLICE HAD TUNNEL VISION.
>>
HAD TUNNEL VISION. >> THERE'S NO DOLLARS AND CENTS
VALUE
>> THERE'S NO DOLLARS AND CENTS VALUE ON THE THING
>> THERE'S NO DOLLARS AND CENTS VALUE ON THE THINGS THAT WERE
LOST.
>>
LOST. >> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT
AWARDED
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT AWARDED DAVID MILG
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT AWARDED DAVID MILGAARD AND HIS
FAMILY
AWARDED DAVID MILGAARD AND HIS FAMILY $
AWARDED DAVID MILGAARD AND HIS FAMILY $10 MILLION
AWARDED DAVID MILGAARD AND HIS FAMILY $10 MILLION.
MILGAARD
FAMILY $10 MILLION. MILGAARD THEN SPENT YEARS
CAMPAIGNING
MILGAARD THEN SPENT YEARS CAMPAIGNING FOR AN INDEPENDENT
REVIEW
CAMPAIGNING FOR AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW BOARD AND ADVOCATING FOR
PEOPLE
REVIEW BOARD AND ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED.
DAVID
PEOPLE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED. DAVID MILGAARD DIED THIS
WEEKEND,
DAVID MILGAARD DIED THIS WEEKEND, HE WAS 69.
EMILY
WEEKEND, HE WAS 69. EMILY BRAS
WEEKEND, HE WAS 69. EMILY BRASS, CBC NEWS, WI
WEEKEND, HE WAS 69. EMILY BRASS, CBC NEWS, WINNIPEG