Alaska Innocence Project nets first big victory in FBX 4

George Frese, Eugene Vent and Kevin Pease are spending their first day out of prison today in 18 years. They were released yesterday in Fairbanks after the court approved a settlement in the case of the murder of 15-year-old John Hartman. The other member of the Fairbanks Four was Marvin Roberts, who was paroled earlier this year.
The outcome is a big win for the Alaska Innocence Project. Executive director Bill Oberly spent the last six years trying to free the men.
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