Alaska Native man who alleged wrongful conviction in murder case reaches $11.5M settlement

Alaska Native man who maintained innocence in murder of white teen settles for $11.5 million after 2 decades in prison

Marvin Roberts alleges police acted with a racial bias in a case in which he and three other Indigenous men spent nearly two decades in prison.

Alaska Native man who alleged wrongful conviction in murder case reaches $11.5M settlement

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. Marvin Roberts is the last of the so-called Fairbanks Four to reach a settlement with the city after their murder convictions were v…