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The settlement, announced on March 25, is believed to be the largest settlement ever paid by the City of Fairbanks. Roberts was one of four Indigenous young men arrested in 1997 f ...
Four men known as the “Fairbanks Four” were wrongfully convicted for the 1997 murder of 15-year-old John Hartman — three of the men reached a settlement of just under $1.6 million in 2023, but the ...
Marvin Roberts, one of the Fairbanks Four, has settled for $11.5 million with the City of Fairbanks after being wrongfully ...
Roberts was among the four men who were arrested and later convicted of the beating death of Fairbanks teenager John Hartman in 1997. The other three men were Eugene Vent, Kevin Pease and George ...
The last plaintiff in a wrongful conviction lawsuit brought by the Fairbanks Four against city officials and police has settled for $11.5 million. Marvin Roberts, Kevin Pease, George Frese and Eugene ...
The Fairbanks Four (left to right): Marvin Roberts, Eugene Vent ... They were convicted for the 1997 murder of teenager John Hartman. The four were released in late 2015 after another man ...
Roberts was one of four Indigenous young men arrested in 1997 for the beating death of John Hartman ... a University of Alaska professor in Fairbanks, and Bill Oberly of the Alaska Innocence ...
Marvin Roberts, Kevin Pease, George Frese and Eugene Vent were convicted of killing 15-year-old John Hartman in Fairbanks in 1997. The four each spent nearly 20 years behind bars before their ...