Steven Downs was convicted on circumstantial evidence, say his lawyers, who are asking for acquittal or a new trial. They filed a motion in Fairbanks Superior Court last week. It is attached here.
Law enforcement officers who arrested Steven Downs for the 1993 rape and murder of Sophie Sergie, testified at Downs’s trial in Fairbanks Wednesday, February 2. Downs was a University of Alaska Fairbanks student who lived in the UAF dorm where Sergie’s body was found. This story talks of violence and might be traumatizing to some listeners.