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Courtesy of Oregon State HospitalOregon鈥檚 three largest health systems, multiple state court judges, and several counties all sought to convince Judge Michael Mosman to withdraw his order limiting stays at the state hospital. A written decision is pending, but Judge Mosman said "For now assume we are moving forward." -
You may not know about Brittney Griner or her stardom in the WNBA. You may not care that Russian airport guards caught her with a cannabis vape cartridge in her luggage. You may not believe that a basketball player with a medical marijuana prescription is worth a convicted arms dealer in a contemplated prisoner swap.
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Facing a backlog of incoming patients, a federal judge ordered the state psychiatric hospital to set new deadlines for patient treatment lengths, based more on the severity of criminal charges against them than on their treatment progress -
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Oregon lawmakers are considering legislation for next year that could vacate convictions for hundreds of people currently serving prison sentences if they can prove they were convicted by a non-unanimous jury. -
Last week鈥檚 state Supreme Court decision on cash bail could fundamentally alter the state鈥檚 criminal justice system 鈥� purportedly barring anyone from being held in jail before trial solely because they don鈥檛 have enough money to get out.
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Sheriffs across the state of Oregon have a question for the legislature: where's the rest of the money? The budget for the state Department of Corrections鈥� -
The sheriff of Jackson County is continuing to campaign for a new jail to address what he says is serious overcrowding at the facility in鈥� -
When a prosecutor switches sides and begins calling out the excesses and abuses of his former fellows, it's bound to have an impact. And so it was with鈥� -
Criminal justice reform advocates are getting a thorough airing of their proposals, with some changes in law already passed. Oregon is one of several鈥� -
Getting a job can be an adventure in the best of circumstances. Having a criminal record is not the best of circumstances, but people with prison in the鈥� -
The first decade of this century was a big one for Oregon prisons. The state's incarceration rate increased by 50 percent over the decade. That is clearly鈥� -
Criminal justice reform in the United States has lately focused on reducing the number of adults living behind bars, more than 2 million of them. At the鈥� -
The right to a lawyer for people charged with crimes, even if they can't afford lawyers, is assured by the sixth amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But鈥�
