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Criminal Justice Commission presents sentencing-rule updates to Senate Judiciary; senators ask about person-crime designations
Summary
The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission presented rules changes for criminal seriousness scores and person-crime designations resulting from recent legislation; senators sought clarification about why certain marijuana-related offenses were marked as person crimes and how age distinctions affect sentencing recommendations.
The committee opened a public hearing on House Bill 2933 A, an agency bill that approves modifications to administrative rules adopted by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) related to sentencing guidelines.
Ryan Keck, interim executive director of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, summarized the CJC's role in assigning crime-seriousness scores and person-crime designations used in the state's sentencing-guideline grid (ORS 137.667 was cited by Keck as the governing statutory reference for the guidelines). Keck described the commission's biennial review process: after each legislative session the commission reviews new or modified crimes to determine whether a…
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