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Fairbanks Four member’s civil case one step closer to resolution

KTVF By Patrick Gilchrist Published: Jan. 6, 2024 at 12:10 PM AKST FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) – Fairbanks Four member Marvin Roberts’ wrongful arrest and conviction lawsuit against the City of Fairbanks will go before a jury, pending any appeals. An order released Thursday authored by Alaska District Federal Judge Sharon Gleason enables Roberts to continue […]

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Attorney for ‘Fairbanks Four’ reacts to city appealing ruling to Supreme Court

By John Dougherty Published: Nov. 25, 2020 at 4:07 PM AKST FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) – The City of Fairbanks has appealed a 9th Circuit Court ruling to the United States Supreme Court. In January of this year, the 9th Circuit Court ruled that a group of men known as the ‘Fairbanks Four’ should be allowed to sue

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Fairbanks Four suit alleges misconduct, questions settlement agreement

By Dana Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks July 16, 2018 A judge will decide whether a federal civil rights suit filed against the city of Fairbanks can proceed. Four Native men, known as the Fairbanks Four, allege racial bias driven police misconduct, including coercion of false confessions and fabrication of evidence, lead to their being wrongfully

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Marvin Roberts, one of Fairbanks Four, files civil rights suit against city

By Robin Wood, [email protected] Dec 7, 2017 FAIRBANKS—Marvin Roberts, one of the Fairbanks Four, is suing the city of Fairbanks and four Fairbanks Police Department officers over what he maintains was his wrongful imprisonment for the 1997 beating death of 15-year-old John Hartman. Roberts held his daughter, Lorelai, dressed in purple fleece, as his attorney

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Lawsuit says Fairbanks Four man was wrongly convicted and jailed for 18 years

Author: Lisa Demer Updated: December 11, 2017 Published December 9, 2017 Marvin Roberts, one of the Fairbanks Four, photographed on Oct. 19, 2016. (Loren Holmes / ADN file) He was high school valedictorian before he became one of the Fairbanks Four convicted in the 1997 beating death of 15-year-old John Hartman. Now Marvin Roberts is suing the

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