Who Decides Which Oregonians Are Sane Enough to Go on Trial?
In 2019, a man named Salvador Martinez-Romero stabbed four people during a meth-fueled crime spree in Beaverton. After his arrest, he was deemed psychologically unfit to stand trial, and sent to Oregon’s one psychiatric hospital, which kept Martinez-Romero for three years. Prosecutors argued Martinez-Romero was ready to face trial even though doctors admittedly couldn’t resolve […]
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