Urban League of Portland taps former Multnomah County DA Mike Schmidt as general counsel
Mike Schmidt, the former Multnomah County district attorney who lost his reelection bid last year to an office insider, ...
Pragmatic Prosecutors: Multnomah County district attorney breaks with predecessor, says all crimes will be charged
Oregon spends four times the national average on indigent defense yet thousands of cases have not been prosecuted because the ...
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Portland's ultra-liberal DA loses race to tough-on-crime challenger
Mike Schmidt was elected Portland DA with 77 percent of the vote in 2022 But he has lost to challenger Nathan Vasquez after crime surged in the city Portland's progressive District Attorney Mike ...
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New Multnomah County DA stakes out tough protest policy in break from predecessor: ‘I’m going to hold you accountable’
It was only 4½ years ago when Vasquez, who took office this month after ousting his boss, Mike Schmidt ... continued their restive protests, making Portland a poster child of big-city disorder ...
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DA Mike Schmidt seeks early release for 8 inmates, including a convicted murderer
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — With just two days left in office, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt is seeking to reduce the sentences of eight people, including Frank Swopes Jr., who was ...
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Multnomah County DA withdraws consent to reconsider sentence of burglar who killed elderly women
The consent was issued in the last days of former DA Mike Schmidt's term, drawing backlash from former prosecutors and DA Nathan Vasquez, who took office Jan. 6. At the most recent case hearing on ...