More Details about the Walkout

Apparently, Joyce Milgaard walked out of the inquiry yesterday following a ruling by Justice MacCallum regarding which lawyer would be able to question the last witness. Of course, the Milgaards were hoping that Hersh Wolch would be granted the privilege of interviewing the final witness, but MacCallum ruled in favor of the Saskatoon Police.

Joyce said that this was the "straw that broke the camel's back." She implied that the commission had been unfair to her son in several of its decisions.

Earlier this year MacCallum forced David to testify although David had produced medical letters saying that he had post traumatic stress disorder and that talking about the event could possibly precipitate a breakdown.

MacCallum did not accept David's PTSD diagnosis and thought that David was being deliberately difficult; however, MacCallum did allow him to testify by video and all parties agreed that David was more than cooperative.

Sigrid Mac