The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples says two Saskatchewan sisters have been in jail for over 28 years for a murder they didn’t commit and it’s time for the federal government to release them.
National Vice-Chief Kim Beaudin says Nerissa and Odelia Quewezance must also be cleared of all wrong-doing.
They were charged with second-degree murder and sentenced to life in the 1993 death of 70 year old Anthony Dolff, a farmer from the Kamsack area.
Their younger cousin, Jason Keshane, who was 14 at the time, faced the same charge and was sentenced to four years.
Beaudin says Keshane admitted that he is guilty.
He says the sisters asked for a lawyer when they were arrested, but they were kept at the Kamsack jail and interrogated by the RCMP for five days, which is a violation of their rights.
CAP is calling on the Prime Minister to intervene and release the sisters.
Innocence Canada, a non-profit organization which advocates for people believed wrongfully convicted , is also advocating for their release.

It was reported at the time of the murder that Anthony Dolff was stabbed 17 times, strangled with a phone cord and a television had been thrown onto his head.
Odelia Quewezance was 19 at the time and her sister Nerissa was 21.
Odelia has been in jail since the conviction and Nerissa is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for parole violations.