'It's not no': Quewezance sisters optimistic as judge reserves decision in bail hearing

A decision to release two sisters from Keeseekoose First Nation convicted of second degree murder in 1994 has not yet been reached.

A decision to release two sisters from Keeseekoose First Nation convicted of second degree murder in 1994 has not yet been reached.

Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance have continued to claim their innocence during the last 30 years of their incarceration.

The pair were convicted in 1994 of second-degree murder in the death of 70-year-old farmer Anthony Joseph Dolff, near Kamsack, Sask.

At a bail hearing for the two sisters at the Court of King’s Bench in Yorkton on Wednesday, a judge reserved his decision on the matter, believing that he did not have enough time to make a decision.

Following the day in court, Odelia and her family looked at the situation with an optimistic outlook.

“It’s not no,” she said. “We are going to be out. They just need a proper plan,” she said.

The sisters’ lawyer, James Lockyer, was also cautiously optimistic following the hearing.