Criminal Justice

State’s patchwork approach to providing attorneys pits constitutional rights against public safety, legal experts say.

Three new lawsuits have been filed against Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center and former nurse Dani Marie Schofield. The hospital could now face over $477 million in damages.

The trial on the 1988 murder of Deborah Atrops, set to begin Tuesday, marks the first case to go before a jury since the county formed its cold case unit.

Advocates are concerned that a new Oregon Health Authority rule will substitute one civil rights violation for another.

A report by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services looks deeper into a backlog of abuse complaints at the Oregon Youth Authority.

Since passing a law to pay exonerees for wrongful convictions in 2022, Oregon has paid less than five people who have applied for the money. Lawmakers now want changes to the law.

Less than one-fifth of eligible cases have been vacated thus far

Public defenders tell Oregon state lawmakers: system is still in crisis, people still in custody without representation.

Corrections Director Mike Reese fired Assistant Director of Health Services Joe Bugher and Chief of Medicine Dr. Warren Roberts, according to an announcement Monday. Corrections department officials say they are overhauling the division and trying to improve its health care system.

Prosecutors have identified eight additional alleged victims of Eric Stearns, and say there could be even more.