Nerissa Quewezance: Saskatchewan: Bulletin: Bail hearing scheduled in Saskatoon court on May 16, for Nerissa Quewezance, who had been released from custody pending a decision by Canada's Justice Minister which could lead to her and her sister's exoneration, Lisa Joy (SaskToday) reports… "In March 2023, Nerissa and Odelia Quewezance were granted bail by a Yorkton Court of King’s Bench judge pending the federal Justice Department review of their 1994 second-degree murder convictions. A male youth confessed to the 1993 murder of Kamsack-area farmer Anthony Joseph Dolff. The young offender, who testified that he committed the murder alone, was sentenced to four-years in prison. "

STORY: "Bail hearing scheduled in Saskatoon court for Nerissa Quewezance,  by Reporter Lisa Joy, published by   SaskToday, on May 3, 2024/

GIST: A bail hearing for Nerissa Quewezance has been set for May 16 in Saskatoon Provincial Court. Nerissa and her sister Odelia Quewezance’s second-degree murder convictions are under review by the federal Justice Department as a possible miscarriage of justice

On April 13, Nerissa Quewezance was arrested in Saskatoon for allegedly breaching her bail conditions. In March 2023, Nerissa and Odelia Quewezance were granted bail by a Yorkton Court of King’s Bench judge pending the federal Justice Department review of their 1994 second-degree murder convictions.

A male youth confessed to the 1993 murder of Kamsack-area farmer Anthony Joseph Dolff. The young offender, who testified that he committed the murder alone, was sentenced to four-years in prison. Nerissa and Odelia Quewezance, of Keeseekoose First Nation, were sentenced to life in prison. If Federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Arif Virani, orders a new trial, then the case will go back to Yorkton Court of King's Bench for a possible new trial. If Virani orders an appeal, then it would go to the Court of Appeal. Transcripts of the 1994 trial reveal that Dolff knew the sisters from St. Phillip's residential school where he worked and Odelia and Nerissa attended as students.The entire story can be read at: https://www.sasktoday.ca/crime-cops-court/bail-hearing-scheduled-in-saskatoon-court-for-nerissa-quewezance-8689620

PUBLISHER'S NOTE:  I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic"  section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com.  Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.

SEE BREAKDOWN OF  SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG,  AT THE LINK BELOW:  HL:

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985

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FINAL WORD:  (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases):  "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."

Lawyer Radha Natarajan:

Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;

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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions.   They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!

Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;

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YET ANOTHER FINAL WORD:

David Hammond, one of Broadwater's attorneys who sought his exoneration, told the Syracuse Post-Standard, "Sprinkle some junk science onto a faulty identification, and it's the perfect recipe for a wrongful conviction.

https://deadline.com/2021/11/alice-sebold-lucky-rape-conviction-overturned-anthony-broadwater-12348801

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