Conrad Wilson
Reporter & Producer | OPBConrad Wilson is a reporter and producer covering criminal justice and legal affairs for OPB. Prior to coming to OPB, he was a reporter at Minnesota Public Radio. Before that he ran the news department at an NPR affiliate in Colorado. His work has aired on Marketplace and NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered. He has also written for Mashable, The Oregonian, Business Week, City Pages and The Christian Science Monitor. Conrad earned a degree in international political economics and journalism from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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Oregon lawmakers are considering legislation for next year that could vacate convictions for hundreds of people currently serving prison sentences if they can prove they were convicted by a non-unanimous jury. -
In an unusual move, the Multnomah County Circuit Court judge found the Oregon State Hospital in contempt of a previous contempt order for failing to transport two defendants from the Multnomah County Jail who were found guilty except for insanity. The two men have been waiting for admission for months and now fines have increased from $2,500 per day, per defendant as long as they wait in jail.
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Gov. Kate Brown has granted more than 70 adults in custody who committed crimes as juveniles the opportunity to argue for their release before the state's parole board after 15 years in prison. Some are charged with crimes like murder, assault and manslaughter.
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Around 50% of the roughly 4,500 employees at the Oregon Department of Corrections are vaccinated against COVID-19, the agency reported Wednesday.
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Death penalty opponents expect the Thursday ruling will overturn many of the state’s death sentences.
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A damning Department of Homeland Security internal report outlines how senior leadership pushed unfounded conspiracies about antifascists, encouraged staff to violate constitutional rights, and made spurious connections between protesters who engaged in criminal activity during last summer's racial justice protests.
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Oregon's senior U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat, said he spoke to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the agency's use of force during last summer's protests in Portland. Wyden said Mayorkas told him that "what went on in Portland is unacceptable.”
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A sweeping lawsuit filed by the family for a slain leader of the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge has been dismissed, essentially bringing to a close the last major legal chapter around the historic event.
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Gov. Kate Brown won't close Warner Creek Correctional Facility in Lake County. It was set to close in July 2022.
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So far, at least 41 Oregon prisoners have died during the pandemic after testing positive for the virus.
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The largest active COVID-19 outbreaks in Oregon are in its prisons, according to data from the Oregon Health Authority.
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Many people who tried to storm the Oregon Capitol building on Dec. 21 did not face criminal charges. Two weeks later, some of them would support similar actions in Washington, D.C.
