PORTLAND, Ore. — The state of Oregon has offered to pay nearly $2 million to settle a wrongful murder conviction lawsuit in the case of Frank Gable, who spent nearly three decades in prison before he was exonerated.
The decision to settle was made earlier this month. It includes the state agreeing to pay the full amount Gable was seeking, which is limited by state statute based on how many years an innocent person spent behind bars.
In Gable’s case, that was 29 years in prison. He was serving a life sentence for the murder of Oregon corrections director Michael Francke, a case that shocked the state back in 1989…