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This blog was developed to provide accurate information about Oregon Measure 11, the mandatory minimum sentencing law passed in 1994.
Since this law was passed, there have been many unintended consequences including innocent people being forced to plead quilty (plea bargaining) with district attorneys in order to avoid years in jail, prison overpopulation and the need to build new facilities (the governor’s budget called for over $1 Billion this year just for prisons – the highest amount in history), judges being prevented from sentencing fair and appropriate punishment, juries being prevented from knowing all case facts and the effects of their verdicts, etc.
Sadly, an overwhelming majority of Oregonians know little to nothing about this crippling law until personally faced with it themselves.
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Thank you for creating this site. I will share it with as many fellow Oregonians as I can. I will link it to my other websites so others can stumble upon it. I haven’t read the blogs yet, but I am anxious to.
-ellen
you know what gets me a man can go to jail for 37 years over a little girls “dream” and someone can go out and commit murder and only get 10 years. he was sentence last week
you know what is this most devasting part of this whole law is that we lock our kids up for long amounts of time, expect them to get out and be productive only for them to realize that they can’t get decent job or housing because they have been convicted of a measure 11 crime (which shows up on all criminal background checks) now come something has to give.
After my husband was sentenced under measure 11, I have not heard or found one good or beneficial thing towards this measure. My husband was a first time offender; rather than him giving back to the community for his crime, the community has to pay for him to sit in prison and be exposed to everyday horror. How is this measure helping anyone or anything? It’s NOT.