Milgaard on trial

The latest news that I've read said that Joyce Milgaard was accused of lying by Garrett Wilson, the lawyer for Serge Kujawa, former Crown prosecutor. Wilson asked Milgaard about her flying experience and suggested that she was not being truthful about how many hours she had spent in the air.

He went on to say that Joyce Milgaard had staged tears last week when she was shown the letter from former Justice Minister Kim Campbell, in order to elicit greater sympathy from the inquiry.

"I suggest to you, Ms. Milgaard, that that incident was entirely feigned, contrived, staged -- in fact phoney," Wilson said.

Milgaard vehemently denied the accusations.

"I would not for one moment resort to ploys like that at this inquiry," she said. "This is an inquiry that I hope the truth will come out of. You'd think I would actually ... do something like that? I find that obscene." (source =Betty Ann Adam and Julie Saccone, Saskatchewan News Network; CanWest News Service.)

Joyce also refused to answer questions after being called a liar. However, earlier in the day, she did admit that just as the police were caught up in their own tunnel vision that prevented them from seeing David's innocence, so was she preoccupied with her own theories as to who the real killer might have been.

After all the Milgaards have been through over the years, it is very sad to see them under attack here in the very forum that is supposed to be seeking final justice for them. I have serious doubts as to whether or not this process will bring any real closure, answers or accountability to this case in the long run.

Sigrid Mac