The Brief
- Philip Vance is currently incarcerated at MCF-Rush City, serving a life sentence for first-degree murder.
- In 2002, a Dakota County jury found Vance guilty of killing store clerk Khaled Al Bakri during an armed robbery at Sabreen’s Supermarket.
- Now, more than 22 years later, Vance continues to try to get his conviction overturned.
RUSH CITY, Minn. (FOX 9) – An inmate at MCF-Rush City has entered a new stage in his fight to clear his name.
Philip Vance looks for exoneration
The backstory:
In 2004, Philip Vance was convicted of first-degree murder. Since then, he’s spent half of his life in the system, serving a life sentence for the 2002 killing of 25-year-old South St. Paul store clerk Khaled Al Bakri.
Al Bakri died during an armed robbery at Sabreen’s Supermarket.…