FOG BLOG CANADA JUSTICE LOG: 2 SISTERS IN SASK OUT ON BAIL AFTER 30 YRS IN JAIL AWAITING REVIEW

Saulteaux sisters jailed for nearly 30 years to be conditionally released Sask. sisters had been awaiting decision more than 2 months Nerissa Quewezance, 48, and her sister Odelia Quewezance, 51, will be conditionally released while they await results of a ministerial review of their second-degree murder charge and conviction.

People in the Yorkton Court of King's Bench applauded when court closed just before 11 a.m. CST Monday.

"I'm feeling overwhelmed, I'm relieved that we're home free and I just want to thank the judge," Odelia told reporters, while standing hand-in-hand with her sister beside her.

She also thanked her family and supporters for being at the courthouse with them.

The Quewezance sisters were convicted of second-degree murder charges in 1994 for the death of Kamsack farmer Anthony Joseph Dolff.

Incarcerated people can apply for a judicial review when all avenues for appeal have been exhausted. When it is over, a report and legal advice will be prepared for the federal justice minister. The minister can then order a new trial or appeal, or dismiss the application if he is not convinced there has been a miscarriage of justice.

These reviews can take years, and it's not clear how long this one will be.

The sisters will have to abide by several conditions on their release, including having no contact with anyone who was a witness at their 1994 trial, except for their immediate family who they cannot speak about the trial with. Other conditions are not having contact with the Dolff family, and a curfew of 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.