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Public defenders push back against Multnomah County DA's 'work stoppage' claim

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District Attorney Nathan Vasquez claimed last month that instead of a public defender shortage, the crisis of unrepresented defendants is due to a "work stoppage." But the nonprofit public defenders he's calling out say he's wrong, and the problems facing Oregon's criminal justice system are much more complex. Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/oregon-public-defender-shortage-da-vasquez-work-stoppage-crisis/283-76afd964-2595-4db8-8ffd-34071d7168d2 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

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the-story crime local news politics public defender shortage criminal defense attorney public defender crisis oregon public defender nathan vasquez multnomah county district attorney mike schmidt

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