Interviewed by Jason Breslow for “The Supreme Court Outlawed Split Juries, but Hundreds Remain in Prison Anyway,” NPR, May 14, 2023.
Interviewed by Elizabeth Anne Brown for “Your DNA Can Now Be Pulled From Thin Air. Privacy Experts are Worried,” New York Times, May 15, 2023.
Interviewed for “Longtime Multnomah County Prosecutor Considering Challenging Mike Schmidt for DA,” Oregonian, March 10, 2023.
Interviewed for “‘Instigator’ of Redmond 5 wants life sentence reduced,” Koin, March 1st, 2023.
Interview by Lauren Drake for “Outgoing Oregon Governor Commuts Death Row Sentences, Orders Execution Chamber Dismantled,” Oregon Public Broadcasting, Dec. 12th, 2022.
Interview by Cara Salvatore for “Gorsuch Dissent Signals Justices May Revisit Jury Size Issue,” Law360, November 23rd 2022.
Interview by Zane Sparling for “Torture attack sent Portland teen to jail; Oregon criminal justice reform got him and others out,” the Oregonian, Nov. 17th, 2022.
Interviewed by Rob Davis for “The modern impact of The Oregonian’s racist history,” The Oregonian, October 24th, 2022.
Interviewed by Amanda Waldroupe for “The story of one US governors historic use of clemency: We are a nation of second chances,” The Guardian, September 28th, 2022.
Quoted in “Commutations granted to 1,000 felons by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown were lawful, appeals court says” Oregonian, August 8, 2022.
Quoted in “Oregon garnishes millions in tax refunds to collect old, unpaid parking tickets and court fees,” KGW8, April 6, 2022
Interviewed by Noelle Crombie on “Multnomah County DA Mike Schmidt hires criminal defense lawyer to review past convictions, sentences,” The Oregonian, September 1, 2021
Quoted in “Commutation offered prolific Portland burglar a second chance. But now his case represents ‘tragic depiction of our system,’” OregonLive, January 14, 2022.
Quoted in “Oregon Governor Grants Clemency to Dozens of People who Committed Crimes as Kids,” Huffpost, October 21, 2021.
Quoted in ”2 Oregon district attorneys sue Gov. Kate Brown over early prison releases,“ OPB, Jan 20, 2022.
Interviewed by Conrad Wilson for OPB on “Proposal to address older nonunanimous jury convictions in Oregon angers crime victims” on February 4, 2022.
Interviewed by Noelle Crombie for Oregonian on “Gov. Kate Brown’s clemency authority is absolute, state attorneys say in asking judge to dismiss challenge” on February 17, 2022.
Interviewed by Conrad Wilson for OPB on “Oregon Democrats agree to nonunanimous jury bill changes after crime victims testify” on February 22, 2022.
Interviewed by Connor Radnovich for Statesman Journal on “Proposal to retry hundred of Oregon inmates advances with some changes” on February 15, 2022.
Interviewed by Dave Miller for OPB on “Oregon bill may give those convicted by non-unanimous juries a chance to have cases reexamined” on February 11, 2022.
Interviewed by AP for AP News on “Lawsuit: Governor unlawfully commuting prison sentences” on January 20, 2022.
Interviewed by Garrett Andrews for OPB on “Woman, 25, hopes new law can expunge record New law in Oregon will allow former defendants to appeal sentences ‘in the interest of justice’” on December 2, 2021.
Interviewed by Noelle Crombie for Oregon Live on “Zoom calls with Gov. Kate Brown: Prisoners meet in one-on-one sessions amid commutation push” on November 5, 2021.
Interviewed by Conrad Wilson for OPB on “Oregon governor grants review hearing for some of state’s longest serving juvenile offenders” on October 21, 2021.
Interviewed by the Andrew Selsky for US News & World Report on “District Attorney Creates Unit to Review Past Convictions” on September 2, 2021.
Interviewed by Eva Herscowitz for The Crime Report on “Forensic Testimony Distorted by ‘Implicit’ Racial Bias: Paper” on September 2, 2021.
Interviewed by Max Egener for Beaverton Valley Times on “WashCo DA Kevin Barton weighs in on non-unanimous juries” on September 2, 2021.
Interviewed for The Crime Report on “Forensic Testimony Distorted By “Implicit” Racial Bias: Paper” on September 8, 2021.
Interviewed by the Associated Press for US News & World Report on “District Attorney Creates Unit to Review Past Convictions” on September 2, 2021.
Interviewed by Wright Gazaway for KATU on “Lawyer fights for new trial for hundreds of Oregon people convicted by non-unanimous jury” on August 4, 2021.
Interviewed by Dave Miller for OPB on “Pardons and Commutations Rising in Oregon” on July 7, 2021.
Interviewed by Noelle Crombie for The Oregonian for “Bill allowing DAs and prisoners to ask the court to review sentence, conviction heads to governor’s desk”, June 8, 2021.
Interviewed by Tom Casciato with PBS for “Convictions by non-unanimous juries were banned in 2020. What happens to those imprisoned by them?”, March 28, 2021.
Interviewed by Jaimie Ding for The Oregonian on “Nonunanimous juries — recently ruled unconstitutional — convicted hundreds sitting in Oregon prisons. Now, they want a fair trial”, March 22, 2021.
Interviewed by Virginia Barreda for Statesman Journal on “Salem Man Gets New Trial, Lesser Sentence”, March 14, 2021.
Interviewed by Blair Stenvick for Portland Mercury on “Non-Unanimous Jury Convictions Are Over. But What Happens to the People Oregon Already Wronged?”, March 10, 2021.
Interviewed by Conrad Wilson for OPB on “Oregon Supreme Court upholds sentencing laws for juveniles convicted of murder”, March 4, 2021.
Interviewed by Jonathan Shorman for The Kansas City Star on “Do what’s right: What’s driving a surge of 100 clemency claims among Kansas inmates”. February 14, 2021.
Interviewed by Erin Donaghue and Graham Kates for CBS News on “Supreme Court to mull challenge to convictions under “racist Jim Crow” jury laws”. December 1, 2020.
Interviewed by Rachel Saslow for Williamette Week on “Oregonians Sent a Frightened 17-Year-Old Boy to Prison. My Family Helped”, November 11, 2020.
Interviewed by Rachel Saslow for Williamette Week on “Why Is Measure 11 Still the Law in Oregon?”, November 11, 2020.
Interviewed by Faiz Siddiqui, Fenit Nirappil and Mark Berman, Washington Post, for After summer of chaos and confrontation, Portland braces again for more unrest, September 3, 2020.
Interviewed by Richard Oppel Jr., New York Times, for In Portland, a Prosecutor Must Decide: Which Protesters Should Go to Jail?, August 23, 2020.
Guest Column, Attorney General Rosenblum must vacate all non-unanimous verdicts, Bend Bulletin, August 18, 2020 (with Nicholas McGuffin).
Interviewed by Emma Cueto for Law360 on “After Win, Those Fighting Divided Verdicts Eye Next Chapter”, April 27, 2020.
Interviewed by Noelle Crombie for The Oregonian on “Coronavirus Precautions in Oregon Prisons have Unintended Consequence for Inmates in Treatment”, April 24, 2020.
Editorial for The Oregonian on “No longer An Outlier, Oregon Makes it Unanimous”, April 22, 2020.
interviewed by Shane Kavanaugh for The Oregonian on “Oregon’s Nonunanimous Jury System Struck Down by U.S. Supreme Court; Could Invalidate 100s of Convictions”, April 22, 2020.
Interviewed by Andrew Selsky for the Associated Press on “US Supreme Court Bans Nonunanimous Jury Verdicts in Oregon”, April 20, 2020.
Interviewed by Conrad Wilson for Oregon Public Broadcast on “Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Won’t Release Prisoners Over COVID Risks”, April 14, 2020.
Interviewed by Noelle Crombie for The Oregonian on “Gov. Kate Brown signals she won’t approve large-scale early release of inmates over coronavirus”, April 10, 2020.
Interviewed by Conrad Wilson for Oregon Public Broadcast on “Inmates Brace For Virus Outbreak, While Oregon Considers Early Release”, April 7, 2020.
Opinion in the Oregonian, “Governor’s Coronavirus Response Should Include Early Release of Eligible Prisoners”, March 19, 2020.
Interviewed by Maxine Bernstein for the Oregonian on “Oregon man sentenced at 16 to consecutive life terms for 2 killings to get release hearing”, February 24, 2020.
Interviewed by Timothy Williams for the NY Times on “In One State, a Holdout Juror Can’t Block a Conviction. That May Not Last.” February 24, 2020.
Interviewed by Kira Lerner for ARIZONA PROSECUTOR COMMISSIONS REPORT THAT ARGUES AGAINST LENIENCY FOR TEENS WHO COMMIT CRIMES, The Appeal, November 1, 2019.
Interviewed by Blair Stenvick for Supreme Court Case Could Overturn Oregon’s Problematic Spilt-Jury Rule, Portland Mercury, October 7, 2019.
Interviewed by Conrad Wilson for SCOTUS Takes Up Case That Could End Non-Unanimous Juries In Oregon, OPB Radio, October 6, 2019.
Op-ed on Opinion: Attorney General Rosenblum is on the wrong side of history, Oregonian, October 6, 2019.