John Kroger |
No particular thoughts yet on how the Democratic primary for attorney general will come out (that being of significance since there are no Republicans yet in the race). But some interesting reading about one of the candidates is newly available.
John Kroger, a law professor at Lewis & Clark Law School, has a limited pedigree in Oregon politics but a longer and more interesting in various other areas in and around the law. (His AG opponent is state Representative Greg Macpherson, D-Lake Oswego.) He worked on a fairly high level in New York and Washington, and has some soundly-grounded things to say.
Loaded Orygun has just run a three-part series based on an interview with Kroger, then followed that with an endorsement. Not a bad place for a good overview of what Kroger is about; he seems to be a blunt-spoken guy.
An example in quote in which he reviews the new increase-the-sentences crime proposal from Kevin Mannix: “If you want to tackle crime in Oregon – and I do – the way is not to throw a first property crime defendant in jail for three years, which is incredibly expensive and in most cases counterproductive. When you’re talking about a third offense, OK – prison time is appropriate. But when you’ve got someone on a first offense, almost all of those people are committing crimes because of substance abuse problems. You want to get them on probation and get them into drug treatment. And that’s how you reduce the crime rate. I just know that, factually. And that’s why I think this measure is just incredibly reckless. I’d love to see it disappear.”
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