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This Week: SENATE BILL 999
February 19, 2010
For many months, the Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance has worked closely with the Oregon War Veterans Association, the Oregon Criminal Defense Attorneys, the Oregon District Attorneys Association, domestic violence organizations, and others to expand the criminal diversion statute specifically for veterans and active duty military members. The bill is Senate Bill 999, and it passed the Oregon State Senate unanimously last week. This week, it will be up for a vote in the House of Representatives. Below is the Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance's "floor letter" that will be placed at each legislator’s desk immediately before the session starts when the bill is voted on. We expect the bill to pass.
To: Members of the Oregon House of Representatives
VOTE YES ON SB 999 DIVERSION FOR VETERANS
The Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance urges you to support broadening Oregon’s criminal diversion statute so more veterans and active duty military members who run afoul of the law can be diverted out of the criminal justice system.
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New York Times Recognizes Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance’s Critical Role in Public Safety Debate
For Immediate Release: March 8, 2010
The Gray Lady Highlights OAA Radio Campaign Against Risky Early Release Policies
(Salem) –The New York Times recently credited Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance’s actions as a key reason the Oregon legislature suspended a risky early-release policy. OAA is featured prominently in a March 4, 2010, New York Times article on the risks of letting criminals out of prison early. Click here to read more.
Colleen MacLeod Endorsed in Republican Primary in Race Against Incumbent Greg Smith by Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance
For Immediate Release: March 4, 2010
Representative Greg Smith was lone Republican vote in favor of law to weaken crime law in Special Session of 2010—Earned Time Legislation
(Salem) The Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance PAC bases its endorsement of a candidate on a variety of factors, including an evaluation of votes on criminal justice bills. We do provide candidates with a scorecard as to their votes on criminal justice bills. Because we press for public safety legislation which generally has broad bipartisan support, most legislators have a reasonably high score on our legislation. However, there are some critical bills which make all the difference in our evaluation of a candidate. This is especially true as to legislation dealing with direct impact on crime victims. The Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance PAC has endorsed Colleen MacLeod in her primary challenge against incumbent Representative Greg Smith because Representative Smith was the only Republican in the entire Oregon House of Representatives who voted wrong during the 2010 special session on a critical bill affecting crime victims. Click here to read more.
*** Southern Oregon High-Tech Crimes Task Force E-Alert ***
February 23, 2010 | www.hightechcops.com
Attached is a press release from the United States Attorneys Office regarding Michael Bruce Hays from Winston Oregon who was sentenced to 10 years for possession of child pornography.
In 2009 members of the Southern Oregon High-Tech Crimes Task Force assisted the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with a search warrant in Winston, Oregon as a result of an undercover Internet investigation. All of the computer forensic examinations were done by Certified Forensic Computer Examiners within the Central Point based forensics lab. >>>Click here to read more.
Prosecutors' pay cut caught in controversy
E-mails allege pressure
February 24. 2010 | by Nick Budnick | bendbulletin.com
SALEM — Last July, Deschutes County District Attorney Mike Dugan learned that he and Oregon's other elected top prosecutors had each lost about $5,000 pay. Not only that, but his own wife, Rep. Judy Stiegler, D-Bend, had, like other lawmakers, voted for the bill that slashed his salary in the final days of the 2009 legislative session — not knowing it would hit the elected DAs personally.
For many district attorneys, $5,000 is almost a month's paycheck. And that sum, it turns out, is enough to affect how a public debate plays out at the Capitol. >>>Read More
Human trafficking affects youths in our community
Mikki Trowbridge | February 28, 2010 | StatesmanJournal.com
When I tell someone I'm writing about human trafficking, the common response is "in which country?"
Today's column, unfortunately, focuses on human trafficking as a local problem.
For various reasons, the few statistics we have under-represent the severity of the issue. However, we know that Portland has the largest sex industry per capita in the country and that Oregon plays a major role in the lucrative Pacific coast trafficking circuit because of the I-5 corridor, our international airport and proximity to Canada. >>>Read More.
