Nov. 3 on The Story: A federal judge has ordered all Oregon counties to release criminal defendants from jail within seven days of their first court appearance if they're being held without a lawyer of their own retained or a public defender assigned to them, reasoning that doing so deprives them of their Sixth Amendment right to an attorney. U.S. District Judge Michael McShane made the ruling Thursday, expanding an earlier decision this summer that applied only to Washington County and required the release of criminal defendants if they’d been in custody without representation for 10 days. The order takes effect Nov. 16, and will impact those currently in custody and any future unrepresented defendants. Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw