Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 7, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg free june 2001 hoping and praying continued from Page a1 for Patricia knowing that her eldest sons organs May save the lives of others is giving her sitting in a wheelchair and wearing a neck Brace from last Satur Days sobbed while talking about her eldest i have peace in my heart and i know his organs Are going to work for other kids and in going to be so Andreas family has been staying at Ronald Mcdonald House in Edmonton while people Back in Roblin tend to the family their son attends a High school in Andrea was born with a congenital heart defect in the year Manito Bas controversial paediatric cardiac surgery was shut at the age of three she was sent to Saskatoon where surgery was performed to plug the holes in her heart and it held together successfully until last Susan Froese this is the second time the family has been close to seeing the child get a new three months another heart became available but at the last the transplant was cancelled when Doc tors determined the heart was not a Good fit for the Susan Froese a grieving Aleman said her Faith and the prayers of others have helped her make it through the last few she also said Giovanni had a lot of questions about i remember he was telling i dont want you to grow i dont want you to get wrinkled because if you get Wrin kled i dont want you to i want to die Ramirez wipes a tear yesterday As she talks about her late with this time he told he i want to see up i want to go with Jesus Christ so i can be a Giovannis family was aware from the Start that his chances of survival were Lequier in a very generous and unselfish with unimaginable Giovannis fam ily has consented for him to be an Organ donor and for that reason he remains on support until that can be Lequier Jonathon was still in critical condition while Lequier was optimistic about his he said the Little boy has a Long Way to a Quarter of his body is covered with third degree the most severe and he has problems with his lungs caused by the smoke from the he had surgery to fix a fractured jaw on tuesday and came out of that quite Lequier the doctor praised the saying it took great courage and Faith to make Perry Mah Canadian press the difficult decision to donate Giovan Nis he said the tendency in such situations is to focus Only on the injured this family has been Able to look above that and i think it Speaks to their Faith and their generosity As the two officers in the police vehicle were officers have acknowledged the police car was speeding but it want until yesterday that Edmonton police chief Bob Wasylyshyn revealed the officers car had been trying to catch up to two Rac ing vehicles when the crash Wasylyshyn said he believes no Flash ing lights or sirens were employed by the police vehicle but he added further investigations will determine Maritza Aleman pleaded with the Media to leave the fam ily please respect our grief right right now were hurting too Angel continued from Page a1 the rope Burns around his neck and bruising on his face from broken blood vessels serve As a harsh reminder to his Mother of How close she came to losing she said Michael missed his school and she planned to take him later that morning in a cab because she had a meeting at his called a taxi and then she called outside for Michael to come when he didst she looked out the Kitchen win Dow and was horror stricken to see the fair haired boy hanging by his neck from the swing at first i kind of pictured it As a joke till i looked said Gendron try ing to hold Back then i saw that his feet we rent touching the i thought he was the who wears a leg Brace after injuring her knee in the hobbled outside As quickly As she could to the swing his hands were Blue and 1 got close and saw his face there was foam com ing out of his it was a Nightmare i undo the she i kept screaming for help and i saw a Blond Man peering in the then he came flying Over the Lockert helped Gendron hold Michael up and untie the skipping he took he put Michael on the ground and breathed into his she Lockert said its been years since he took first Aid i was really i haunt studied car if i had to do that i was in Trou he called to his Girlfriend to Call 911 and a bystander showed up with a cell phone and also called during the whole time the Mother was absolutely hysterical and the dog was said i was giving this kid artificial Respi ration and heard a gurgling then he breathed after about 15 then i turned him on his Side because he was he started to get his Colour Back and he came to and said i was hav ing a i was having a Michael said he Doest remember what he was dreaming about or anything other than the ambulance attendants who were on the scene within 10 min utes of the 911 the timing was said at 10 who works nights As a copy was at Home hav ing Coffee when most of the Neighbours were at i definitely think Michael has guardian said police said there looking into the incident and May give Lockert a citation of i definitely think Hes a said i cant even thank him the woman said through her How do you thank the Man who helped you save your sons life who met Lockert again yes knew thank he slapping Lockert on the d soph now probe Bill expected to top million Lions share went to cover Legal fees by Leah Janzen Manitoba is joining the ranks of provinces that Are learning the hard Way the True Cost of by the time it wraps up later this the final Price tag for Thomas Sopho nows wrongful conviction inquiry will top that amount does not include the compensation package Likely to be in the seven figure Range that inquiry com missioner Peter Cory is expected to award soph now for the nearly four years he spent in wrongly convicted of the 1981 murder of 16yearold bar Bara As of june had been spent on the eight month called last june after soph now was exonerated of Stoppels murder by the Winnipeg police a spokeswoman for the Manitoba jus Tice department said an exact break Down of How the Money was spent was not but she said the Lions share was shelled out to cover Legal fees of the dozen lawyers paid to represent the Stoppel the province of Manitoba and the police and prosecutors involved in the original sources say lawyers were paid More than a Day to put their practices on hold and concentrate on the which resumes today with arguments on compensation for the Bill also includes travel and accommodation costs for his witnesses and who have had to travel from their Homes in other parts of the country for the the soph now was Given shortly after his exoneration to help cover personal costs is also included in the As the Bills continue to pile Mani Toba taxpayers Are getting a taste of the enormous Cost of putting an innocent Man in jail for Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan have Learned that lesson All too in an inquiry into the wrongful conviction of Donald Marshall a Nova Scotia micmac native jailed for 11 years for a murder he did not commit Cost that province million plus the million Marshall was awarded in in a similar inquiry involving the wrongful conviction of Guy Paul Morin in Ontario operated with a million Morin was handed million in compensation Over and above the inquiry last David Molgaard who spent 23 years in jail for a murder he didst commit was awarded Mil lion by the Saskatchewan his judicial inquiry is still but Marlys a Toronto lawyer and director of the association in defence of the wrongly said the process of investigating and compensating people wrongly convicted of crime does not need to be so Cost Edwardh said the process would be cheaper and quicker if the Federal government established an Independent body charged with investigating claims of wrongful conviction and determining last Federal Justice minister Anne Mclellan announced that a new special investigations with new Powers to subpoena evidence and wit would take Over from a handful of overworked prosecutors who had previously formed the Backbone of the but critics denounced the saying the new unit was still connected to the Justice department and was therefore advocates for the wrongly convicted say the Justice department has a Natur Al Bias toward defending the Legal sys the other criticism of the current sys tem is that it sometimes moves at a glacial Pace one application for review of a conviction took eight years to d june 9th Recycle used filters plastic containers everyone with a valid Drivers licence can enter for a Chance to grand prize one of three trips for two to includes 3 night stay in Oil drop Empress return flights on West Jet spending Money per couple provincial prize one of three a bus from Canadian tire retail value each one of 18 Par source gift certificates retail value each plus local prizes merchandise some conditions Call Tollfree 18773326092 or visit for to enter listen to jobs Brian Barkley 8 enter to win at 1447 Dugald Road 1090 Kenaston 940 Redonda boys clean conscience for the 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