Conrad Wilson

Public defenders say they're being assigned too many cases to do their jobs effectively. The question of whether judges can force them to take on more cases is before the state's Supreme Court.

Across the country, defendants are languishing in custody because there aren't enough defense attorneys to assign to cases. In Oregon, hundreds of cases have been postponed.

Prosecutors say Joseph Mahmoud Dibee was a member of the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front. The attacks targeted places that were thought to be harming animals and their habitats.

Federal prosecutors have indicted a former Oregon state prison nurse for multiple counts of abuse against incarcerated women. The feds stepped in after Oregon officials declined to prosecute.

Racial justice protesters in Portland, Ore., are having trouble advancing lawsuits pushing for accountability a year after they say federal law enforcement used harsh tactics against them.

Racial justice protestors and many who stormed the U.S. Capitol are being charged with civil disorder, a Civil Rights era law that has exploded in use over the last year.

U.S. marshals gave conflicting accounts of what happened during the killing of antifa activist Michael Reinoehl last month, according to an investigation by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica.

In Oregon, the U.S. Department of Justice is stepping up its response to protests in Portland. Police say they need help investigating crimes committed during racial justice protests.

An Antifa supporter wanted in the shooting of a right-wing activist has been killed by law enforcement agents in Washington state. Growing violence has extremism researchers concerned.

Protests in Portland, Ore., have de-escalated since state troopers took over from federal law enforcement last week. But the truce is fragile, and some worry things could turn bad again.