Measures address rights of victims.
Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard While the crime victims rights movement in Oregon has made step-by-step progress in the past two decades, it is poised to take "a huge step forward" with two ballot measures on the May 20 primary election ballot, says Steve Doell, president of...

Campaign ad with victim stirs emotion.
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith has broadened his attacks on Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley, enlisting the victim of a childhood rape in a hard-hitting TV ad that faults Merkley's legislative votes against tough-on-crime bills. Merkley's campaign fired back Monday with two...

Anti-violence work is rewarded; Four Great Guys recognized.
Byline: Mark Melady WORCESTER - Councilor-at-Large Joseph M. Petty joked that he would place his Great Guy Award between the kitchen and the dining room to daily remind his wife and kids of his official status. District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. invoked his mother...

Cebu lawyers form group to assist victims of human rights violations.
CEBU CITY-- Twenty-one lawyers, nine law students, and eight paralegals organized themselves to form what they called the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL). The NUPL members said their mission is to actively defend, protect, and promote human rights. The scope covers civil, political, social, economic, and...

The empirics of prison growth: a critical review and path forward.
I. INTRODUCTION The single most striking statistic in the American criminal justice system is its thirty-year expansion in prison population. From 300,000 prisoners in 1977, the prison population has risen steadily to over 1.5 million as of June 30, 2005, a 400% increase. By 2005, states were...

Summary of recommendations.
Byline: ELECTION 2008 The Register-Guard Following is a summary of recommendations The Register-Guard has made to voters for Tuesday's primary election. The editors are fallible human beings who stand an average chance of being wrong. However, these recommendations are made after sincere appraisals of the choices on...

Summary of recommendations.
Byline: The Register-Guard Following is a summary of recommendations The Register-Guard has made to voters for the May 20 primary election. The editors are fallible human beings who stand an average chance of being wrong. However, these recommendations are made after sincere appraisals of the choices on...

Summary of recommendations.
Byline: The Register-Guard Following is a summary of recommendations The Register-Guard has made to voters for the May 20 primary election. The editors are fallible human beings who stand an average chance of being wrong. However, these recommendations are made after sincere appraisals of the choices on...

Summary of recommendations.
Byline: The Register-Guard The following is a summary of recommendations The Register-Guard has made to voters for the May 20 primary election. The editors are fallible human beings who stand an average chance of being wrong. However, these recommendations are made after sincere appraisals of the choices...

Unraveling criminal statutes of limitations.
INTRODUCTION I. THE GENERAL RULE AND ITS EXCEPTIONS A. A Brief History and Overview of the General Rule B. The New Trend Toward Exceptions II. REASONS FOR THE RULE AND ITS EXCEPTIONS A. Traditional Rationales B. Fitting the Changing Rule to Traditional Rationales? C. Explaining the Shift: Retributivism and...