Washington County ordered to release defendants from jail if public defenders aren't available

A federal judge has ordered Washington County to stop holding defendants in jail with public defenders for more than 10 days. The county's district attorney issued a statement calling for state leaders to take action on Oregon's public defender crisis.

[STCatchMeTRACjRo]

they have the option to represent themselves or to get a private defenders, so there is no need to release them if they have no public defenders. they can hire a private one or self represent or wait until there are public ones available.

[rudy_]

I hope street justice is waiting on the outside for these criminals

[annamariewilliams]

My brother held for 5 months without an attorney and still not released

[duvine]

It would be different if instead of continuing this a work action can prevent it like they do in other counties & states for public defenders & a cap on specialists, so sad.

[charlesm]

Maybe Chump can help pay for some lawyers for his fellow criminals

[Charles-deb]

Good news it is in the Bill of Rights. Not their fault your city is failing