Jail voting soars in Colorado after the state mandates polling places in county jails. “People that are incarcerated are ready to have their voices heard." https://boltsmag.org/jail-voting-soars-in-colorado/
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November 16, 2022
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/02/05/oregon-public-defenders-crisis/
“Our district attorney’s office could take actions that would help with the public defense crisis,” Reding said. “In Multnomah County, our attorneys prepare a lot of cases for trial that turn into dismissals on the eve of trial. If our district attorney’s office could identify those cases that are dismissals much earlier in the process and dismiss them, that would save many hours of defense attorney time that we could then turn around and focus on taking new cases.”
Or y’know, just stop charging so much shit. Oregon’s well-fed prosecuting attorneys are operating in bad faith, and often on extremely flimsy charges.
OPB
Oregon public defenders warn of ongoing crisis as defendants remain without representationPublic defenders tell Oregon state lawmakers: system is still in crisis, people still in custody without representation.
