$10,000 reward
Joyce Milgaard continues to recount the history of her battle to have her son David released from prison. The Star Phoenix reported that by offering a $10,000 reward in 1980, the Milgaard case attracted the attention of several people in the media, including former Maclean's journalist Peter Carlyle-Gordge.
Carlyle-Gordge and his wife worked tirelessly over the years to investigate the Milgaard case and believed strongly in David's innocence.
Joyce and her family went back to the scene of the crime and re-enacted it, concluding that David could not have committed the murder given the timeframe that the police suggested. Joyce also said that she was suspicious of everyone back in those days because it was so hard to know whose word to trust.
There was a lengthy discussion about documents in the courthouse and parts of Gail Miller's file that were not made available to Gary Young, the private investigator that the Milgaards hired.
Sigrid Mac
posted by Sigrid Macdonald @ 3:42 PM
2 Comments:
At 3:06 PM,
Anonymous said…
It has indeed been a very long and often tedious (and expensive) inquiry, so I commend you for keeping up the reportage. I found my own three days on the witness stand rather gruelling. Let us hope something useful finally comes out of this overdue, lengthy, costly inquiry. Let us hope some accountability is finally assumed and that the very serious errors of police and state are roundly highlighted and denounced. Yours: Peter Carlyle-Gordge
At 8:04 AM,
Sigrid Macdonald said…
Peter,
Thanks so much for taking the time to not only read my blog but also to leave a comment.
It certainly has been an ordeal and I feel for you having to go through those three days of grueling interviews.
My heart also goes out to Joyce and David because this issue should have been resolved so long ago for the family. To think that at Joyce's age and stage she should have to be dealing with lawyers and an adversarial process, that can be upsetting at times by bringing back so many unpleasant memories, is very unfortunate.
I share your sincere desire that something positive comes out of this inquiry.
Thanks again for posting and have a great week :-)
Sigrid
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