The proposal would set up an hourly payment system and put public defenders on staff to bolster their ranks to represent the hundreds of people without legal representation
Tag: OREGON COURTS
Supreme Court drops death sentence for killer in Salem murder
The Oregon Supreme Court Thursday revoked the death sentence of a man convicted of aggravated murder in Marion County, a decision that could set in motion new sentencing for other inmates also sentenced to death. The court in a unanimous opinion sustained David Ray Bartol’s 2016 aggravated murder conviction but[Read More…]
State appeals court orders reversal of Salem man’s 2004 aggravated murder conviction, death sentence
The Oregon State Penitentiary on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday ordered that a Salem man’s 2004 aggravated murder conviction and death sentence be reversed and sent back to the trial court after finding that defense attorneys didn’t investigate evidence pointing to[Read More…]
Oregon Supreme Court decides reduced prisons sentences legally passed
Clackamas County District John Foote challenged legislators’ ability to override a voter-enacted measure on prison sentences. (Portland Tribune/file) The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a law to decrease sentences for repeat property thieves. In a unanimous decision handed down Jan. 31, justices agreed that the Legislature’s change to state[Read More…]
