David and Joyce Milgaard’s Law receives Royal Assent

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Ottawa – Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced that David and Joyce Milgaard’s Law, which establishes a new, independent commission to review potential wrongful convictions, received Royal Assent on December 17, 2024. Canadians have seen the devastating impact of wrongful convictions on people like David Milgaard, who served 23 years in jail for a crime he did …