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‘OPB Politics Now’: Oregon’s public defender crisis explodes into public view

By Conrad Wilson (OPB), Dirk VanderHart (OPB) and Anna Griffin (OPB)
Aug. 26, 2022 10:38 p.m.
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Oregon’s public defense system has been in crisis for years, but the problems exploded into public view this month.

On this week’s episode of OPB Politics Now, reporters Conrad Wilson and Dirk VanderHart explain what’s gone wrong and why it matters.

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