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Oregon Criminal Defendants File Lawsuit Over Shortage of Public Defenders

The Crime Report

Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation for long periods of time amid a critical shortage of public defense attorneys have filed a lawsuit that alleges the state violated their constitutional right to legal counsel and a speedy trial, reports the Associated Press.

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Public Defender Shortages Reaching Critical Levels: Report

The Crime Report

What’s more, legal experts say that these shortages have been the operational norm for years across our country as a whole, Law360 reports. . ” New Mexico and Oregon. . ” New Mexico and Oregon. hours per workday, and lawyers in Oregon would need to put in 26.6 We didn’t get to this problem overnight.

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Has the Pandemic Broken Oregon’s Public Defender System?

The Crime Report

Judges have dismissed nearly four dozen cases in the Portland area alone and have threatened to hold the state public defender’s office in contempt of court for failing to provide attorneys. Court proceedings for those not in custody are repeatedly pushed back, leaving defendants in limbo and the courts spinning their wheels.

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Can Americans Keep Their Guns Safe?

The Crime Report

“If they don’t fix it, it just gives more ammo to try to take people’s legal guns away,” Boyce says. “If If the legal people keep their legal guns locked up and they don’t get stolen, it’s going to stop crime.”. Lawyers for the city of Edmonds say the case can set a legal precedent. “In Trigger Locks and Safes.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. The court therefore found that the stay was unauthorized and vacated it. FEATURED CASE. A divided D.C. A debtor would beg to differ.”).

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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

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Singh , in which the court will consider what kind of notice the government must provide before a noncitizen can be deported for not appearing in court. When FBI agents interrogated Fikre about the mosque he attended in Oregon they suggested that he could become an informant in exchange for his removal from the list.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Supreme Court. On October 2, the district court granted the companies’ motion to temporarily extend its stay of the remand order until the Supreme Court resolves the application.

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