Conrad Wilson
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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.
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Public defenders say they're being assigned too many cases to do their jobs effectively. The question of whether judges can force them to take on more cases is before the state's Supreme Court.
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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’s 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.
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Sgt. Levi David Gray, a correctional officer who was charged with sexual misconduct at Oregon’s troubled women’s prison last month, has faced allegations of inappropriate behavior from at least two other women.
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Oregon's "red flag" law could do more to reduce suicide and other firearms-related deaths, but the general public — and even law enforcement — don’t know enough about it, according to an audit released Wednesday by the secretary of state.
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A long-time correctional officer at Oregon’s troubled women’s prison faces charges for sexual misconduct. Last month, a former nurse at Coffee Creek was convicted of sexual abuse. A recent legislative report also found the prison is systemically failing women in custody.
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The Oregon Department of Corrections regularly fails women in custody, according to a new report commissioned by lawmakers that also found “an immediate need for the state” to “invest in the women and staff” at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s lone prison for women.
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Aruna Masih will be the first Indian American and South Asian justice on the state’s high court.
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Oregon’s Federal Public Defender filed a class action lawsuit arguing people charged with state crimes in Washington County are being unlawfully held because they’ve not been provided a lawyer. The case represents the latest effort to address a sustained and deepening constitutional crisis playing out across Oregon’s justice system.
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“We could decide to adopt a code of conduct that either follows or decides in certain instances not to follow the standard code of conduct,” Kagan said.