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Do you remember the day Colin Thatcher was convicted?

It's been 30 years to the day that a jury convicted Saskatchewan politician Colin Thatcher of first-degree murder.

Saskatchewan politician found guilty of murdering ex-wife Joann Wilson 30 years ago

After serving more than two decades behind bars for the murder of his ex-wife, Colin Thatcher was paroled in 2006. (Tim Cook/CP)

It's been 30 years to the day that a jury convicted Saskatchewan politician Colin Thatcher of first-degree murder.

In a case that shocked people in the province and across the country, the Moose Jaw MLA and former cabinet minister received an automatic life sentence for the 1983 shooting and bludgeoning of his ex-wife JoAnn Wilson.

Thatcher, 76, has always maintained his innocence. Hewas paroled in 2006.

Do you remember Nov. 6, 1984, the day a jury found Thatcher guilty of first-degree murder?

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