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Head of Oregon’s troubled public defense system is fired

Even as hundreds of people charged with crimes in Oregon remain deprived of legal representation, a commission tasked with fixing the problem fired the leader of the effort

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022

Oregon top judge denies conflict led to firing of commission

Oregon’s chief justice has denied that a personality conflict led her to fire all members of a commission that governs the Office of Public Defense Services and appoints its executive director

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022

After firing public defense commissioners, new members named

The day after Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters fired all nine members of the state commission that oversees public defense, she said Tuesday that she was appointing four new commissioners and reappointing five commissioners from the previous group

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022