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From The Oregonian, February 2, 2013 The Oregon State Bar accused Washington County’s district attorney and a defense attorney in a formal complaint this week of proposing a court order that sent a mentally ill man to the state hospital illegally. Circuit Judge Thomas Kohl signed the “mental illness magistrate hold” in October 2011 for […]
Published by The Oregonian, September 27, 2012 The Oregon State Bar will prosecute Washington County’s district attorney and a defense attorney on ethics violations stemming from their handling of a mentally ill man’s aggravated murder case. Kateri Walsh, a state bar spokeswoman, said the decision came Saturday when the State Professional Responsibility Board reviewed the […]
From the Oregonian, July 23, 2012 Disability Rights Oregon on Friday concluded an investigation critical of the prosecution of a mentally ill Aloha man, twice charged in the 1997 slaying of his ex-wife. READ – what happened to Donn Spinosa READ – “The Incarceration of D.S. – An Investigative Report” from Disability Rights Oregon, July […]
Emily E. Smith, The Oregonian, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Washington County District Attorney Bob Hermann and defense attorney Robert Axford have responded to the state bar regarding ethics complaints, which say they sent a man to the state hospital on a legally invalid order. Responding to the complaints filed last month by retired Lane County […]
From The Oregonian, December 21, 2011 A retired Lane County judge has filed ethics complaints against Washington County’s district attorney, a circuit court judge and a defense attorney, saying they sent a man to the state hospital on an order for which there is no authority. Retired Judge Jim Hargreaves filed complaints with the state […]
The Oregonian, October 20, 2011 READ – Judge’s order will keep Aloha man hospitalized indefinitely, Oregonian, October 20, 2011 The Washington County district attorney says the case of an Aloha man charged with the violent 1997 slaying of his ex-wife illustrates the woeful inadequacy in Oregon law regarding mentally-ill offenders. Donn Thomas Spinosa, now 58, […]
By Emily E. Smith, The Oregonian, October 20, 2011 Fourteen years ago, Donn Thomas Spinosa was accused of killing his ex-wife in her Aloha home. He has yet to go to trial. And he probably never will. Since 1997, Spinosa, 57, has been in the state hospital, diagnosed with “severe and persistent” schizophrenia. He walks […]
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