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Public Defender Shortages Reaching Critical Levels: Report

The Crime Report

Reporting on the latest data, OPB details that Oregon’s public defense system’s stress has had long-lasting implications, as it has one-third of the attorneys the state news to “adequately represent criminal defendants.”. Those standards are expected to be released in May, replacing metrics that have been in place for decades.

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Injustice With Impunity: A Texas Tale

The Crime Report

Defense attorneys would have protested if they knew what was going on, but county and court officials kept the arrangement quiet among themselves. They complained to an immigration and employment attorney about long hours and poor living conditions. responded by charging all 10 nurses and their attorney with “patient abandonment.”

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Ohio officers will not be charged in fatal shooting of Joe Frasure, Jr.

JURIST

Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Melissa Powers announced Friday that three officers involved in the fatal shooting of Joe Frasure, Jr. The decision not to bring charges against the officers is one of the first official actions Powers has taken as Prosecuting Attorney. Joe Frasure, Jr. succumbed to his injuries on January 31, 2023.

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