Conrad Wilson
Oregon Public BroadcastingConrad Wilson is a reporter and producer covering criminal justice and legal affairs for OPB. Prior to coming to OPB, he was a reporter at Minnesota Public Radio. Before that he ran the news department at an NPR affiliate in Colorado. His work has aired on Marketplace and NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered. He has also written for Mashable, The Oregonian, Business Week, City Pages and The Christian Science Monitor. Conrad earned a degree in international political economics and journalism from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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Attorneys claim the district violated Oregon public meetings law and cost district parents hundreds of thousands of dollars. -
The FBI has rolled out a campaign asking Oregonians to report hate crimes and bias incidents, which law enforcement and researchers say occur far more often than they get reported. -
A federal judge ruled earlier this month that Oregon jails must release people from jail if they haven't been assigned a lawyer after seven days. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put a temporary hold on that order. -
鈥淭he problem is institutional, and it is statewide,鈥� U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane wrote.
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Federal prosecutors say it鈥檚 the largest case of its kind the U.S. Department of Justice has prosecuted, both in terms of the number of victims and charges. -
The Oregon Supreme Court late Friday dismissed a case designed to force changes in the state鈥檚 troubled public defense system. -
Attorneys with the Oregon Department of Justice say a case that cuts at the heart of the state鈥檚 overwhelmed public defense system 鈥� and that鈥檚 currently before the Oregon Supreme Court 鈥� could be moot because the attorney at the center of the debate has left his job. But they鈥檝e stopped short of asking the justices to toss out the case.
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Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled an Oregon judge Wednesday, though their questions dealt little with the nominee鈥檚 legal career and instead focused on culture war issues. -
Oregon State Hospital staff left a patient unattended in a van with keys in the ignition on Aug. 30, which allowed the patient charged with attempted murder to drive off and lead police on a chase along Interstate 5, according to a report from federal regulators. -
A group of public defenders from Marion County asked the Oregon Supreme Court whether trial court judges can force an attorney to take an indigent defendant鈥檚 case. The justices will have to balance the legal protections for a person charged with a crime against the ethical obligations of a public defender. -
鈥淭here is low morale among staff, and the majority of women reported that they do not feel emotionally safe or respected by staff.鈥� -
In the latest development in Oregon's public defender crisis, U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane Tuesday ruled that anyone held in the Washington County jail without a court-appointed lawyer will be released 10 days after their initial court appearance.
