YORKTON, Sask.
— Freedom still remains out of reach for two sisters who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for what they say are wrongful murder convictions after a judge reserved his decision on whether they should get bail while awaiting the outcome of a federal review.
Lawyers for the sisters told court during the two-day bail hearing that the women are victims of systemic racism in the justice system and false confessions. The sisters' lawyer James Lockyear said the all-male police force that arrested the sisters did not follow a court order to have the women transferred to Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert, Sask., and instead housed them in police station cells for four days.He said neglecting the order demonstrates the attitudes the sisters encountered"in a police station full of white men.
Lawyers said Nerissa Quewezance suffers from scoliosis linked to physical abuse as a child before her bones were fully formed. She has arthritis from kneeling too long on the hard ground of the school. Kaip said there has been no decision on whether there were issues with policing or if the confessions were coerced. She argued the sisters should not be released as there's too much risk and both have a history of breaching conditions.
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