Newly-enrolled law student, Adam Gregg (39), will be paid $300,000 by the City of Portland after serving more than five years in a federal prison for the death of a man to whom he sold heroin, only to find out on his release from prison that the so-called deceased was very much alive.
Former Prisoner is Now a Law Student
Gregg, who spent five years and four months in prison from February 8, 2016, to June 3, 2021, is now a student at the Lewis & Clark Law School. According to state law, people convicted of felonies can be given a ‘second look’ for relief from their convictions with the support of a district attorney.
Gregg was convicted in the Multnomah County Circuit Court after accepting an offer from a prosecutor who told him he could spend 20 years to life in prison if he did not accept a sentence of nearly seven years. The prosecutor told Gregg that the man to whom he sold heroin had died of an overdose.
On his release from prison, Gregg sought to find the victim’s family to express his remorse and to ask for their support of his application to attend law school…