Bail hearing scheduled for Saskatchewan sisters who say they were wrongfully convicted

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Bail hearing scheduled for Saskatchewan sisters who say they were wrongfully convicted
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The sisters from the Keeseekoose First Nation have always maintained their innocence, while another person confessed to the killing

Two sisters who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for what they say are wrongful murder convictions hugged and smudged before walking into a courthouse for a bail hearing Tuesday.

The sisters from the Keeseekoose First Nation have always maintained their innocence and another person, who was a youth at the time, confessed to the killing. “Odelia and Nerissa are the victims of a justice system plagued by racism and prejudice,” said Congress of Aboriginal Peoples National Chief Elmer St. Pierre in a news release Monday.

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