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Audit Finds Oregon Victims Denied Restitution; Prosecutors Largely to Blame
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2010, page 45
An audit by the Oregon Secretary of State, released in early 2010, found that crime victims are not getting restitution and prosecutors are largely to blame.The 2003 Oregon legislature required prosecutors to investigate and present evidence of economic losses suffered by victims, and required judges to order restitution when ...
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