I was angry to hear that the most powerful person in our county’s criminal justice system thinks that racial disparities aren’t a problem. When the ACLU of Oregon launched the “They Report to You” campaign to educate voters about district attorneys, Clackamas County DA John Foote could have embraced the new initiative. After all, a
Updated on March 31, 2016 at 8:11 PM Posted on March 31, 2016 at 7:57 PM Washington County Circuit Court is located in downtown Hillsboro. (Oregonian file photo) By Rebecca Woolington [email protected] The Oregonian/OregonLive Four ethics complaints have been filed against a Washington County prosecutor who wrote a Facebook post earlier this month that appeared
Lock ’Em Up? Prosecutors Who Say ‘Not So Fast’ Face a Backlash Nytimes Frances Robles ORLANDO, Fla. — In Tampa, the top prosecutor says too many children are charged as adults. In Houston, the district attorney will no longer press charges in low-level marijuana cases. And in Chicago, prosecutors will no longer oppose the release of
July 9, 2015 – by David Rogers, Executive Director. There are some serious problems we need to tackle in our criminal justice system, like dramatic prison growth and spending in the U.S. We are dumping billions of dollars into locking people up while ignoring the strategies best designed to create safe and healthy communities. Meanwhile,