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Sep 11, 2009 | Posted by: roboblogger

Death-penalty defense lawyer: Oregon's Kenneth Hadley takes on the toughest cases

Full story: Oregonlive.com

Defense attorney Kenneth Hadley of Baker City, shown here at the federal courthouse in downtown Portland , takes on the toughest cases: people who face the death penalty .

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dielman

I enjoyed working with Ken Hadley in the 1970's, when he was Baker County public defender and later district attorney and I was director of the Baker County juvenile department. I was delighted when he moved back to Baker City after being gone for about 20 years. He is an honorable man who hates the death penalty, as do I. Most people who work in the criminal justice system know what an expensive and ineffective tool it is.

wow

Charleston, WV

I agree.

oregonbarwatcher

Portland, OR

is it true that a 10-2 verdict can send someone to death row? if so, more kudos to Hadley.

MightyKrendarian

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As is the recommendation in the Bible, eye for an eye, and so on. If corporal punishment is to be dealt, it should only be so when we have guilt proven beyond a reasonable doubt that someone has killed another.

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dielman wrote:

I enjoyed working with Ken Hadley in the 1970's, when he was Baker County public defender and later district attorney and I was director of the Baker County juvenile department. I was delighted when he moved back to Baker City after being gone for about 20 years. He is an honorable man who hates the death penalty, as do I. Most people who work in the criminal justice system know what an expensive and ineffective tool it is.

Since you have worked in the system for so long, Why do you say that the death penalty is expensive and ineffective? Just curious is all.

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