criminal justice

Changes to Oregon’s law would require the state Department of Justice to consider new evidence pointing to people’s innocence.

Springfield leaders hope the court, Springfield Municipal Adult Rehabilitation and Treatment Court, or SMART for short, will reduce overdose deaths and recidivism.

The Lane County District Attorney’s Office said it has hired enough lawyers to resume prosecuting low-level crimes. It stopped prosecuting many property crimes in 2022 due to a staffing shortage.

Oregon’s law that governs pretrial release is undergoing a major change.

Criminal defendants in Benton County are now getting a reminder phone call or text about their upcoming court dates.

An independent review says Eugene’s Community Court is both cost-effective and efficient.Since 2016, the court has referred the cases of low-level…

In 2018 there were close to 15,000 people serving time in prisons across the state, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections. As of last month…

Oregon State University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration week starts Saturday in Corvallis. As part of their longest running event, organizers…