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David Milgaard (July 7, 1952 – May 15, 2022) was a Canadian man who was wrongfully convicted for the 1969 rape and murder of nursing student Gail Miller in Saskatoon and imprisoned for 23 years. He was eventually released and exonerated.
David Milgaard [48] was convicted of raping and murdering 20-year-old nursing assistant Gail Miller in 1969. When she was found on a snowbank, Milgaard and his friends, Ron Wilson and Nichol John, were picking up their friend, Albert Cadrain.
Wolch is also well-recognized as an expert in compensation for the wrongly convicted. Milgaard received what remains the highest award ever ($10 million) for a wrongful conviction. At the time, Milgaard’s was also the highest compensation ever awarded, globally, for a wrongful conviction. Truscott received $6.5 million.
[51] Marshall received a lifetime pension of $1.5 million in compensation [52] and his conviction resulted in changes to the Canada Evidence Act so that any evidence obtained by the prosecution must be presented to the defense on disclosure. In 1970, David Milgaard was wrongfully convicted for the rape and murder of Gail Miller. [53]
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Yes—paid compensation David Dougherty was convicted in 1993 on charges of abduction and the rape of an 11-year-old girl. After serving over three years in prison, he was acquitted in 1997 after new DNA evidence ruled him out. Compensation of over $800,000 was paid by the New Zealand Government and an apology given for the wrongful conviction.