Some Portland residents say lack of prosecution is contributing to the city's crime crisis. Here's how Portland's prosecution rates compare to neighboring counties.
The office filed charges in just 47% of all cases it received in 2020. That rate has been steadily increasing since then, hitting 60% in 2022. But at the same time, police have sent 43.5% fewer cases to Schmidt than they did in 2019, according to data from the district attorney’s office..
data. Clackamas County, which has roughly half the population, filed more misdemeanor charges than Multnomah County. Prosecution is"critical" to deterring future crime and increasing livability, Clackamas County District attorney John Wentworth told Fox News. "If there isn't some accountability, if there isn't some action that's taken to actually deal with the trauma that's occurred, nothing gets better," Wentworth said.public safety tools"We want to use the hammer when it's the right tool to use, but we have other tools as well," he said.
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