(Update: adding comment from DA office, Deschutes Defenders) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — We talked last fall with Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels about the local impacts of a statewide shortage of enough public defenders. At that time, the crisis being seen in the Portland area’s…
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