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Governor Kate Brown

For Many Serving Harsh Sentences, the Governor Becomes a Last Hope

Lawmakers are recognizing the harms of mass incarceration. But some governors are reluctant to use their clemency power to address them.

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Mar 05, 2020

He Entered Prison As a ‘Whiskerless Kid.’ Will Oregon Ever Let Him Out?

Despite supporting Oregon’s new juvenile justice law, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is still fighting to keep people in prison who received life sentences as minors.

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Sep 03, 2019