True Crime Byline: The exoneration of David Milgaard and trial of Larry Fisher

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David Milgaard spent 23 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.

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But even after he was released, it took another five years for Gail Miller’s real killer — Larry Fisher — to be charged in 1997.

Les Perreaux was a reporter with the Saskatoon StarPhoenix at the time and recalls the rumours that swirled about Fisher’s involvement in the murder long before Fisher was arrested. Reporters took it upon themselves to keep tabs on Fisher and put pressure on the police to keep looking into the case.

Perreaux joins True Crime Byline host Kathleen Goldhar to talk about covering Fisher’s trial and reflect on how the experience shook his trust in police and the justice system.

Download his episode “The exoneration of David Milgaard and trial of Larry Fisher,” today on your favourite podcast app.

True Crime Byline is a podcast by Postmedia and Antica Productions. In each episode, host Kathleen Goldhar talks to journalists about the cases that made their careers, changed the way they see the world and continue to haunt them. New episodes drop on Thursdays. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts!