Late breaking story on the CBC:
..."Even if David became prime minister, the day that David dies, the first line of his obituary is going to be 'David Milgaard, who spent 23 years in prison for a wrongful conviction and later went on to become Prime Minister"...
Sadly, Mr. Milgaard passed away earlier this year and his wrongful conviction and longterm inprisonment was, indeed, the first line of his obituary.
Still, it was good to read in pretty much every single one of his obits that Mr. Milgaard built a good life for himself and his loved ones despite all that we did to him.
Here's Gord Downie's lyrical and the band's musical version of Mr. Milgaard's story, written and first recorded thirty years ago now (which is really, really hard to believe)...
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Image at the top of the post?...The greatest junior hockey line I ever saw, the Brandon Wheat Kings' Ray Allison, Bill Derlago and Brian Propp, from back in the days (i.e. the late '70's) when I was still really paying attention.
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Didn't know David Milgaard had died. His Mother, Joyce, spent years working on his behalf. I remember the newspaper articles about her work. she was amazing. When the case first came to the public eye, I remember thinking, if his Mom is working this hard, he most likely didn't do it.
You can't ever make up for what Mr. Milgaard lost as a young man.
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