PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who was convicted of murder for a notorious 1988 hate crime in Portland has died while serving a life sentence.
The Oregon Department of Corrections says Kenneth Mieske fell ill at Oregon State Penitentiary and died Tuesday night at Salem Hospital of complications from hepatitis C.
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