Indigenous sisters hope for exoneration three decades after murder conviction
Indigenous sisters hope for exoneration three decades after murder conviction

Indigenous sisters hope for exoneration three decades after murder conviction

Maria Nsue

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Sisters Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance were convicted of second-degree murder almost 30 years ago, for a crime they say they didn’t commit. Now, federal Justice Minister David Lametti has ordered a review of the convictions to determine if the Indigenous women suffered a miscarriage of justice. Matt Galloway talks to Odelia about her hopes for exoneration; and their lawyer James Lockyer, a director with Innocence Canada.

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