Could Measure 11′s mandatory prison sentences disappear?
Legislation would do away with landmark law’s minimum terms and give violent offenders chance to earn early release
Updated on Feb 27, 2021;
Published on Feb 27, 2021
Inside Oregon State Penitentiary, January 22, 2020 Beth Nakamura/Staff
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A quarter-century has passed since Oregon voters said yes to a law that would profoundly reshape how the state treats its most violent offenders.
Measure 11 created a class of crimes that in the eyes of voters deserved longer prison sentences and ensured people convicted of those offenses served every day of their terms.
Today, offenders prosecuted under the landmark law make up about 47% of the 12,586 people in Oregon’s prisons, according to the state.
A vote on whether to expel Rep. Diego Hernandez from the Oregon House, scheduled for Tuesday, has been delayed due to widespread power outages in Salem and bad weather forecast for the Salem area and elsewhere in the state, legislative officials announced Sunday. The vote on whether to accept a House Conduct Committee recommendation to oust the Portland Democrat is likely to be scheduled for .
Originally published on February 3, 2021 9:44 am
Oregon lawmakers on Tuesday found Rep. Diego Hernandez created a hostile workplace at the state Capitol in Salem for at least one woman who worked in the building.
The Democratic lawmaker’s conduct violated legislative conduct rules, the four-panel committee decided.
Lawmakers started a series of hearings into the allegations of the East Portland lawmaker’s behavior on Monday night. The hearings are expected to last most of the week.
Lawmakers are basing their findings on both testimony and an investigation conducted by Sarah Ryan and Kira Johal, with the law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. The investigation delves into the allegations of five women, identified only as ‘subject one’ through ‘subject five.’ The investigators could not substantiate claims made by two women who participated in the investigation.
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