Thursday marks the first day of the 2026 new year, and with that, a new set of laws passed by the Oregon Legislature will ...

Oregon officials are facing furious backlash after it was revealed that a man who once executed a teenage girl was quietly reappointed to a police oversight board — a decision critics say defies ...

Criminal justice reform was peddled to voters as being about poor, underprivileged souls serving harsh sentences for smoking ...

FILE - Courtroom notes showing that a Washington County, Ore., judge threatened to hold Oregon Public Defense Services in contempt of court for not providing a public defender to a criminal defendant ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon lawmakers are working ona bill that would bring stricter penaltiesfor drivers that take part in street racing or street takeover events. Portland Police officials have ...

The cause of the deadly Almeda Fire in southern Oregon is now under criminal investigation for potential arson, Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara, reportedly said Thursday. The circumstances ...

Hundreds of felony convictions became invalid Friday after the Oregon Supreme Court struck down all nonunanimous jury verdicts reached before the practice was banned two years ago. The retroactive ...

Nearly two-thirds of likely Oregon voters believe the state’s criminal justice system isn’t tough enough, according to a new poll commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive. That compares to nearly a ...

Four criminal defendants in Oregon Monday filed a lawsuit against the state for violating their rights to counsel and a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment. The plaintiff’s allege that an ...

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Judge Edward Jones? Retired? You must be kidding. In Oregon criminal justice, these are not retiring times. “Suddenly, people are talking about criminal justice and saying something other than ...

A federal judge has ordered Oregon counties to release criminal defendants from jail if they aren’t appointed an attorney within a week of their first court appearance. The state is one of many that ...