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Less than a year after a bipartisan bill to streamline the payout process for exonerated Oregonians stalled, Oregon lawmakers are trying their hand at a narrower piece of legislation. Senate Bill 1515, sponsored by the Senate Judiciary Committee, aims to strengthen a 2022 Oregon law allowing those who have been wrongfully accused of a crime […]

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WASHINGTON - As state and federal officials criticize how climate-change science is pushed on courts, a D.C. judge has ordered one prominent researcher to pay $28,000 in legal fees to two writers he accused of defamation after they questioned his findings.

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THE DALLES — A Wasco County jury has found Edwin Diaz II guilty on all counts including assault and criminal mistreatment, according to an announcement by Wasco County District Attorney Kara Davis.