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Oregon Sex Offenders Get LWOP, Not Treatment
Loaded on May 7, 2018
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2018, page 40
Filed under:
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Three Strikes,
Sex Offender Treatment,
State Statutes.
Location:
Oregon.
“This bill will finally get at protecting our community from the most dangerous of sexual criminals,” said Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, testifying in support of legislation he co-sponsored to enact a “two strikes and you’re out” law for repeat sex offenders.
The Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) reports that ...
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