The order applies to Washington County, but legal experts say it is likely to have implications statewide as Oregon struggles to find public defense lawyers for indigent defendants.
NPR has covered this issue several times. It is really fucked up. Just reading/listening to how a rather innocuous crime has a ripple effect across many lives is awful.
We need to do so much better. Give petty criminals a break, remember that they are humans, and jail white collar crime which has a vastly larger impact on society.
NPR has covered this issue several times. It is really fucked up. Just reading/listening to how a rather innocuous crime has a ripple effect across many lives is awful.
We need to do so much better. Give petty criminals a break, remember that they are humans, and jail white collar crime which has a vastly larger impact on society.