The story of the Fairbanks Four could fill a book—and now it does.⁠ Convicted with scant evidence in 1997, they spent 18 years behind bars before being freed. Learn more about the new book by UAF's Brian O’Donoghue.

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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.

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The settlement is a "complete vindication of Marvin Roberts' innocence, which he has maintained with extraordinary dignity for almost three decades," one of Roberts' attorneys, Nick Brustin said in a released statement.

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