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The Francke Case: A Cover-Up Exposed | Portland News
For over 35 years, journalist Phil Stanford has relentlessly pursued the unsolved 1989 murder of Michael Francke, Oregon’s former corrections director, whose death may have been tied to exposing departmental corruption. In his new book, Stanford lays bare a shocking two-part conspiracy: one to silence Francke and another to frame an innocent man. He cites federal court rulings that call the original investigation a “railroad job,” citing fabricated evidence and coerced testimony—all without physical proof linking the suspect to the scene. Despite calling himself “plodding,” not “obsessed,”…
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