Tupu Smith
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two years, nine months, and five days. Two years and six days. That was how long Tupe Smith and her husband Michael Pese faced criminal prosecution and investigation by the state of Alaska for checking they were “U.S. citizens” on voter registration forms after having...

![Michael Pese (left) and Tupe Smith (right) with their three children at the gravesite of their mother Miliama Suli. [courtesy photo] Michael Pese (left) and Tupe Smith (right) with their three children](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tupu_smith_family.jpg?itok=fd_W8QXh)