Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 19, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 saturday Pree july Cio Arod Case launched career for Rookie lawyer by David Kuxhaus staff reporter it was 1986 and David Asper Faas fresh out of Law anxious to take on the me soon got his Chance when his prominent criminal lawyer Hersh handed him David Milga Ards Hersh was a very Busy lawyer so he called me in and said youre you do Asper Asper jumped at the freeing a wrongly convicted Man is the ultimate accomplishment for a criminal said six years Asper in Molgaard was released from Stony Mountain Penitentiary after the supreme court of Canada reviewed his Dan tests proved conclusively that Molgaard did not murder nursing student Gail Miller in who was in Chicago on business said he got the Good news from Milga Ards current i just sort of raised a fist in the air and let out a big he now said shortly after taking on the he knew Mil Gaard was i spent about a month Reading the transcripts and going Over the evidence and i knew the conviction was he just looking at the time line and who the Crown said was where and none of it fit with the objective Independent Asper said he never wavered from that despite the lengthy until we got him out in literally got up every morning Dri Ven to do As much As 1 could Possi Bly do to get him he Asper said he never fathomed it would take that that the huge tragedy in All of said because there were police officers and Crown attorneys that prosecuted Molgaard who knew that there was an equal or better suspect at the time and didst do anything about that suspect was Larry police in Saskatoon spoke with but he was not the Saskatchewan government also issued an apology to Molgaard and his they also indicated that a Public inquiry into the handling of the Case May be i think its time now to hold peo ple said 1 Hope the system learns a very Sharp lesson out of this and moves quickly to ensure this kind of thing Doest happen after Molgaard won his Freedom in Asper went to work for his Izzy at can West glob Al communications How do you put a Price on half a mans life bid for compensation will be easier for Molgaard now that Hes been cleared by Kim Guttormson staff reporter Manitoba largest selection of party rental supplies China flatware glassware tables a renter Champagne fountains candelabras a smart idea for parties of All sizes rent it and party two great one great location 657 Century Street North of Ellice 7868756 flood recovery information offices open in Rosenorn and Letellier the Manitoba government has set up flood recovery information offices in the red River Valley to provide flood victims with local Access to flood assistance information at Adolphe trailer located next to the Arena Rosenorn in the former credit Union building Letellier adjacent to the municipal office the offices Are staffed by representatives of the Manitoba emergency management organization Manitoba Rural development and the Canadian red stress counselling is also 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process should be easier now that Hes been Treyve always maintained David was now they cant take that this changes he in a written Saskatchewan Justice minister John Nilson apologized and said there is no doubt this wrongful conviction will require inquiry essential two lawyers involved in High profile wrongful conviction cases said while Money wont change the its the Best Way to help launch Milga Ards they also say a Public inquiry is essential to detail what exactly went wrong in the Molgaard although they Are wary of the system doing the right thing with out a Money is the Way we police All kinds of Toronto lawyer Clayton Ruby its the traditional Way of doing and it works quite but you cannot fix the prison is a hellhole that creates Anne Derrick says the 45yearold Molgaard should be Given enough Money that he can enjoy the rest of his life without worrying about How to manage on Low wage Milga Ards is one of three prominent wrongful Tion cases for murder in Canada Over the last three in derricks client Donald Marshall was found guilty and spent 11 years in prison for a murder he did it he was awarded million Over 30 years by the Nova Scotia government and a Public inquiry was held in Guy Paul represented by was acquitted of the sex murder of Niney Earold Christine Jessop in but was found guilty on Appeal in he was exonerated in 1995 with the use of Dan he free press Molgaard gets a hug from a supporter and his family were awarded Ruby says that Money barely covers the Legal Hes mostly getting Back what he put out of his own he its hopelessly Morin was faced with a government that refused to Convene a commission of inquiry until Morin agreed to the Settle Ruby said during the Marshall inquiry in the late the provinces banded together to create a scale for its so no ones Ever followed it he adding governments have other weapons in their governments have the Money and the time to stall until you get people Haven the emotional strength and they Haven the Derrick 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