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The push in Oregon for a racial-impact requirement in crime bills

By Douglas A. Berman

This local article, which is headlined "Racial-impact rule proposed for crime bill," discusses a push in Oregon for including a racial-impact analysis in every crime bill.  Here is how the piece begins: A white lawmaker from Oregon has turned to a black lawmaker from Iowa for help with a proposal to weigh how crime legislation may affect racial and ethnic minorities.  The bill is similar to existing requirements for assessing how proposed laws affect state budgets, revenues and local governments. Sen. Chip Shields, D-Portland, sponsored such bills in the 2007 and 2009 sessions, when he was in the House.  He plans to try again in 2011, if he wins the 2010 election for the final two years remaining in the term of Margaret Carter, who resigned to become a deputy director of the Department of Human Services...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 13, 2009 (boomark / email).