{"content":[{"text":"from the office of the \n OREGON SENATE REPUBLICANS \n PRESS RELEASE","bbox":{"left":0.376552,"top":0.124457,"width":0.46326600000000007,"height":0.074758}},{"text":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \n June 24, 2021 \n Contact: Dru Draper \n dru.draper@oregonlegislature.gov","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.263707,"width":0.298051,"height":0.06892100000000001}},{"text":"Republicans Fight for Those Wrongfully Convicted, Effort \n Blocked by Senate Democrats","bbox":{"left":0.161412,"top":0.349716,"width":0.676924,"height":0.04029399999999994}},{"text":"SALEM, Ore. – Today Senate Republicans attempted to force debate on Senate Bill 499, \n legislation that would compensate those wrongfully convicted for their years of lost \n freedom.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.40723,"width":0.758753,"height":0.051610000000000045}},{"text":"Senator Kim Thatcher (R-Keizer), the bill’s author, made a motion on the floor to \n withdraw SB 499 from the Ways and Means Committee to debate and vote on it. Senate \n Democrats shot down the motion.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.476169,"width":0.755619,"height":0.05160999999999999}},{"text":"“Every day this bill gets delayed, is another day justice is denied for these Oregonians,” \n Senator Thatcher said. “I agreed to send this bill to Ways and Means because as a matter \n of principle, we should have accurate and thorough accounting of how much things cost. \n The analysis should have been simple, but instead, it got killed in committee. This isn’t a \n partisan issue, it simply attempts to right a wrong.”","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.544982,"width":0.7634480000000001,"height":0.08615600000000001}},{"text":"According to the National Register for Exonerations, there have been 21 exonerations in \n Oregon since 1991, many of which have been proven innocent. Those who have been \n found innocent are eligible for compensation under SB 499. These individuals have lost \n large parts of their lives in prison and/or with a permanent record for a crime they \n didn’t commit.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.648316,"width":0.7579570000000001,"height":0.08600399999999997}},{"text":"The process to get exonerated is complicated and can take years to resolve. In most \n cases, wrongfully incarcerated individuals are continuing to serve time in prison during \n this process.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.751687,"width":0.753362,"height":0.051610000000000045}},{"text":"After being found innocent, those individuals now have to put their lives back together. \n It is no surprise that those who spent years behind bars for a crime they didn’t commit \n struggle when they re-enter the community. Compensation and services will help \n exonerees rebuild their lives, while also sending the message that the state is taking \n responsibility for a mistake that resulted in the exoneree losing years of their freedom.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.820475,"width":0.7507330000000001,"height":0.08615000000000006}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.117647,"top":0.090909,"width":0.201797,"height":0.155934}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.117647,"top":0.090909,"width":0.201797,"height":0.155934}]}