Milgaard just wants to return home,
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David Milgaard wants to resolve domestic abuse charges and return home to his family, his lawyer said Thursday.
Defence counsel Hersh Wolch, who made a brief first court appearance for his client, said Milgaard has been through a lot and still has issues to resolve.
Wolch represented Milgaard in the 1980s and 90s when the former Saskatoon resident fought successfully to have his 1969 conviction for first degree murder overturned.
Milgaard spent 23 years in prison for the 1969 murder of nursing aid Gail Miller in Saskatoon.
He was released in 1992,
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DNA evidence fully exonerated Milgaard five years later, setting the stage for an unprecedented $10 million settlement form the federal and Saskatchewan governments in 1999.
Wolch said Milgaard is willing to get assistance in connection with his domestic issues with his wife, Cristina, but is leery of government assistance.
always wants help, after what he been through, the prominent criminal lawyer said.
has a natural reluctance because of all the really bad help he got while in custody,
cards against humanity sale. said he classify the dispute between Milgaard and his wife as a misunderstanding and hopes it can be resolved without a conviction,
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Crown will have to assess it, he said.
hope is that it be dealt with in a positive way. Wolch said Milgaard, who did not appear in court, wants to stay away from the limelight.
never sought to be a celebrity, he didn seek to be wrongfully convicted. same year Milgaard received his settlement, convicted rapist Larry Fisher was found guilty of Miller murder.
