Real Justice: Sentenced to Life at Seventeen
The story of David Milgaard
Faryon, Cynthia J.
Publisher: Lorimer
Year Published: 2012
Pages: 120 pp ISBN: 9781459401693
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX21730
An examination of the David Milgaard case, a Saskatoon teenager who was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison for a crime he did not commit.
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Publisher's description:
David Milgaard was a troubled kid, and he got into lots of trouble. Unfortunately, that made it easy for the Saskatoon police to brand him as a murderer. At seventeen, David Milgaard was arrested, jailed, and convicted for the rape and murder of a young nursing assistant, Gail Miller. He was sent to adult prison for life.
Throughout his twenty-three years in prison, David maintained that he was innocent and refused to admit to the crime, even though it meant he was never granted parole. Finally, through the incredible determination of his mother and new lawyers who believed in him, David was released and proven not guilty. Astonishingly, in hindsight the real murderer was obvious from the start.
This is the true story of how bad decisions, tunnel vision, poor representation, and outright lying and coercion by those within the justice system caused a tragic miscarriage of justice. It also shows that wrongs can be righted and amends made.
