Time To Say No
The Public Defender of Marion County (“PDMC”) is a nonprofit public defense office, challenging the legality of Oregon’s case quota system. PDMC and its Executive Director, Shannon Wilson, brought the initial lawsuit against the Oregon Public Defense Commission (“OPDC”), the state agency responsible for administering contracts and funding public defense providers. At the preliminary hearing […]
What Was Happening in Grants Pass, Oregon Before the Supreme Court OK’d Criminalizing Homelessness w/Jeremiah Hayden
Today, Hunter is joined by journalist Jeremiah Hayden. Over the past several months, Jeremiah has been covering the reality for homeless people in Grants Pass, Oregon. If you are familiar with that town, it is likely because it was the town at the center of the recent Supreme Court case saying it was okay to […]
234 | Stephen Hanlon: Case Withdrawals, Federal Funding, and the Five Year Plan to Fix Public Defense in Oregon
Today, Hunter is joined once again by Public Interest lawyer Stephen Hanlon. This time, Hunter and Stephen are breaking down the five year plan that he hopes will fix Public Defense in Oregon. While it is surely an ambitious plan, this plan gives urges public defenders to do all that they can to force the […]
233 | Lee Wachocki: With Almost 3k People Unrepresented, Why is Oregon adding More Cases to the Public Defender Crisis
Today, Hunter is once again joined by Lee Wachocki, a Public Defender and union leader in Portland, Oregon. As the Public Defender crisis continues in the state, this week is about figuring out how the state is responding. At the front line level, Lee reveals that little has functionally changed at his level to demonstrate […]