For the best experienceDownload the Mobile App
App Store Play Store
Alaska Native man who alleged wrongful conviction in murder case reaches $11.5M settlement
Alaska Native man who alleged wrongful conviction in murder case reaches $11.5M settlement
Alaska Native man who alleged wrongful conviction in murder case reaches $11.5M settlement

Published on: 04/17/2025

This news was posted by Oregon Today News

Go To Business Place

Description

Marvin Roberts flashes four fingers in a sign of solidarity for the so-called Fairbanks Four at the Alaska Federation of Natives conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on Oct. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, file)

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Native man who maintained his innocence in the 1997 killing of a white teenager has agreed to an $11.5 million settlement with the city of Fairbanks after alleging police acted with a racial bias in a case in which he and three other Indigenous men spent nearly two decades in prison.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/native-american-news/2025/04/alaska-native-man-who-alleged-wrongful-conviction-in-murder-case-reaches-115m-settlement.html

Other Related News

Oregon's Dexter to travel to El Salvador to demand release of man mistakenly deported
Oregon's Dexter to travel to El Salvador to demand release of man mistakenly deported

04/19/2025

The US Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return So far the ...

Lyndsey Grein tosses No. 5 Oregon softball past No. 6 UCLA for 1st place in Big Ten
Lyndsey Grein tosses No. 5 Oregon softball past No. 6 UCLA for 1st place in Big Ten

04/19/2025

With the Big Ten lead on the line Lyndsey Grein exorcised demons and avenged losses from e...

Portland Thorns blast away in second half, but can’t counter early goal in loss to Seattle Reign
Portland Thorns blast away in second half, but can’t counter early goal in loss to Seattle Reign

04/19/2025

No teams have faced off more often in NWSL history than the Seattle Reign and Portland Tho...

Business buzzkill: WA craft brewers push back against proposed beer excise tax hike
Business buzzkill: WA craft brewers push back against proposed beer excise tax hike

04/19/2025

Washington breweries warn that proposed beer excise tax hikes could force price increases ...

Oregon business owner accused of laundering $18 million in ‘dirty money’ for drug traffickers
Oregon business owner accused of laundering $18 million in ‘dirty money’ for drug traffickers

04/19/2025

The amount of dirty money allegedly flowing through these small businesses and back to Mex...

ShoutoutGive Shoutout
500/500