In case articles aren’t enough on the lack of credibility of DA nonprofit Oregon Criminal Truth Justice Project, here’s its President siding with law enforcement mistreating & charging a disabled woman with a felony. Oregon COA reversed & vacated the conviction: #orleg #orpol

The moment that Starship experienced rapid disassembly as seen from the Disney Treasure cruise ship outside of Turks and Caicos. 🤯 🎥: evenstar7479

From today’s Oregon Court of Appeals decisions, a reversal of a juvenile adjudication in Curry County, where the DA’s office prosecuted a youth for Criminal Mischief 3 for messing with a ceiling tile in a middle school bathroom. What a waste of time & money: #orleg #orpol

Maxine Bernstein Thank you for posting this. The entire opinion is worth reading (it's only three pages). It took years for this case to resolve, with what were probably 100s of hours of resources. It should be Exhibit A that a big cause of the indigent defense crisis is overcharging.

Maxine Bernstein And here's your reporting on the 2021 Court of Appeals reversal of the same judge for another case that should not have gone forward: x.com/maxoregonian/s…

"The math is what it is - we need more public defenders, we need to pay them at a market rate with a workload that doesn’t drive them out of the system." - Peter Buckley #orpol #orleg bendbulletin.com/2025/03/04/gue…

Here's a felony case that took 100s of hours for trial court & 100s more on appeal for the Oregon Court of Appeals to reverse the conviction of disabled Oregon woman chased by cops on her mobility scooter: DA shouldn't have proceeded on case. #orleg #orpol x.com/maxoregonian/s…

Rachel Philips I suspect the public at large doesn't appreciate how much discretion there is in deciding whether to bring charges. They think the number of charges is almost beyond the DA's control. A crime is committed, therefore a charge is filed. In reality, though, . . .

The answer to the unrepresented crisis is to look at how DA overcharging & an inability to assess cases is causing the unrepresented numbers to keep rising. Ryan Scott has a good 🧵on this: #orleg #orpol x.com/MotionKingOR/s…

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Remember this case where a DA chose to file a criminal case against a middle schooler for damaging an already damaged ceiling tile at school? And a judge found criminal intent existed? Court of Appeals reversed a similar kind of case today involving a kid acting like a kid.

Oregon Public Defense Commission Thinks You Can Argue A Murder Case In The Time It Takes To Watch The First Season Of ‘Game Of Thrones’ About 11 hours, by the way. #orleg #orpol abovethelaw.com/2025/10/oregon…

My daughter came back from school and told us she learned that George Washington owned slaves. Do liberals think this an appropriate lesson for a 2nd year law school student?

Ron DeSantis defends Renee Good

Live: Major demonstration by detainees at Dilley Family Detention Ctr! I was just kicked put from atty visit. Hundreds chanting what sounds like "let us out! Let us out!"

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Exhibit A on my opposed motion for an extension of time

Requiring attorneys who are already complying with the Oregon Bar with PLF insurance - to pay for additional liability insurance to take court-appointed cases is dumb. They are already renting offices & paying healthcare & retirement while OPDS gets all of that +PERS. #orpol

Multnomah DA dismissals: Felony: In 2025 Q4 there were 73 issued cases dismissed*. The average time to dismissal for those 73 cases was 236 days*. Misdemeanor: In 2025 Q4 there were 202 issued cases dismissed*. The average time to dismissal for those 202 cases was 214 days*.

Data taken directly from the Multnomah County DA website: mcda.us/index.php/data… So far I haven't found a dashboard that tracks ALL trials resulting in acquittals, but that would be helpful info too. DA overcharging is a driving factor in the unrepresented crisis. #orleg #orpol