IP / IP Oregon / Forensic Justice Project: Oregon bill streamlining payout process for wrongfully convicted draws support
Oregonians who have been wrongfully imprisoned can petition the state for tens of thousands of dollars in compensation and an official finding of innocence, a process that criminal justice reform advocates have long complained drags on and shortchanges exonerees.
But a new bill introduced in February, Senate Bill 1007, aims to solve that problem by making it easier and faster to obtain compensation and findings of innocence from the state. The measure’s provisions would set a deadline for an initial written decision on compensation at 180 days and allow the state to consider new evidence that comes to light after previous trials.
“We have not seen this kind of delay and fight everything to the death attitude across the country,” said Janis Puracal, executive director of the Portland-based Forensic Justice Project. “Oregon is doing that entirely differently than what the rest of the country is doing.”
Read more via the Oregon Capital Chronicle >> https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/28/oregon-bill-streamlining-payout-process-for-wrongfully-convicted-draws-support/