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Killer of public defense lawyer found dead in 2009 sentenced

| March 14, 2020 12:05 AM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland man was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for the 2009 killing of Assistant Federal Public Defender Nancy Bergeson in a case that baffled Portland detectives for a decade.

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