The Fairbanks 4: Lessons Learned from Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ's First Exoneration
by Melissa Green |
The and the spearheaded the effort to exonerate the Fairbanks Four — four men convicted in 1999 of the 1997 beating death of a Fairbanks youth. Evidence that another group of men may have been reponsible for the murder led in December 2015 to a settlement with the State of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ erasing their convictions and their release from imprisonment. This panel discussion of the exoneration featured two of the lawyers involved in the case, as well as a forensic scientist who provided expert testimony. See .
"The Fairbanks 4: Lessons Learned from Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ's First Exoneration" was held March 9, 2016 at the UAA/APU Consortium Library on the campus of the University of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Anchorage. The event was sponsored by the UAA Justice Center, the UAA Pre-Law Society, the UAA Justice Club,and the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Innocence Project as part of National Criminal Justice Month, established by Congress in 2009 to promote societal awareness regarding the causes and consequences of crime, as well as strategies for preventing and responding to crime.
Panelists
- Bill Oberly, Executive Director, Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Innocence Project
- Rick Allen, Director, Office of Public Advocacy
- Lesley Hammer, Forensic Scientist, Hammer Forensics
- Dr. Troy Payne, Justice Center, moderator
Video
. Video production and editing by Eric Baldwin, Media Technician, UAA Academic Innovations & ELearning.
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