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OR Voters Pass New Prison Laws
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1995, page 10
On November 8, 1994, Oregon voters passed three criminal justice measures that will cost millions to implement. Measure 10 requires a two thirds vote by the legislature before it can change voter approved prison sentences. Measure 11 imposes mandatory minimum prison sentences on defendants convicted of violent offenses and bars ...
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