Conrad Wilson
Oregon Public BroadcastingConrad 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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The Oregon State Hospital is violating a federal court order as well as the due process rights of criminal defendants, according to a Friday court filing by a public defense nonprofit. -
An Oregon federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction Monday, preventing new Trump administration rules that could have cut off funding for abortion providers from taking effect. -
The man accused in the 2017 Trimet stabbings was removed from court after yelling at a woman who doesn't want his trial delayed.
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The bill, which passed the Oregon Senate last week, would make significant changes to the way alleged offenders under 18 years-old are treated under Measure 11, a suite of voter approved mandatory minimum passed in 1994.
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A federal judge said Tuesday he would grant a preliminary injunction preventing new Trump administration rules that could've taken funding away from certain abortion providers from going into effect. -
A federal judge says Oregon must release Frank Gable, the man convicted in the 1989 killing of the head of the state Department of Corrections. -
In a blistering public letter about unlawful jail conditions and an underfunded department, Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward said Wednesday he intends to resign from office at the end of 2019. -
Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Cheryl Albrecht denied a motion Monday to move Jeremy Christian's murder trial to another county, but the defense can raise the issue again. -
Oregon sheriffs and lawmakers said Friday they support legislation that would require jails to provide more information about its in-custody populations.
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Oregon Rep. Jennifer Williamson, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation Thursday that would require local and regional jails to better report on their inmate populations. -
U.S. immigration says it’s investigating whether hardwood products made by Oregon-based Roseburg were illegally harvested from African rainforests before reaching consumers in stores like Home Depot.
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Over the objections of both Washington's U.S. senators, Republican leaders have confirmed Eric D. Miller to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
