Oregon State Ballot Measure 40: Crime Victim's Rights

Authors

City Club of Portland (Portland, Or.)

Publication Date

10-4-1996

Document Type

Report

Subjects

Urban policy -- Oregon -- Portland -- Periodicals, Portland (Or.) -- Politics and government -- Periodicals, Portland (Or.) -- Social conditions -- Periodicals

Notes

Adds new section to state constitution. Affects adult, juvenile criminal proceedings involving victims. Prohibits pretrial release for certain defendants unless judge finds defendant will not commit new crimes if released. Victims may attend, be heard at proceedings, demand jury trials of adults, get information about defendant. Allows murder, aggravated murder conviction on 11-1 vote. Most relevant evidence admissible against defendant, except as required by federal constitution. State courts may not independently interpret some state constitutional rights to give defendants more rights than given by federal constitution.

Published in City Club of Portland Bulletin Vol. 78, No. 17

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/13883

Recommended Citation

City Club of Portland (Portland, Or.), "Oregon State Ballot Measure 40: Crime Victim's Rights" (1996). City Club of Portland. 481.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/13883