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Marion County judges will start deciding if public defenders have time to take new cases
Local public defenders say Marion County Judges will soon start appointing them to new cases which they are too overloaded to take on, a move intended to reduce the number of criminal defendants without an attorney.
Lawmakers approve $10 million for public defender crisis
The state’s agency that oversees public defense services is required to report back to lawmakers in January with more details.
Board fires head of Oregon’s public defense agency
Stephen Singer decried his firing as something out of a ‘Third World tin-pot dictatorship”
Commission likely to fire head of Oregon public defense agency
The state commission overseeing Oregon’s public defense agency is likely to fire the divisive lawyer in charge of the department on Thursday, barely a week after its first attempt to remove him failed.
Oregon chief justice fires public defense board, rehires some members
The commission is expected to again consider firing Stephen Singer, director of the state Office of Public Defense Services.