Oregon Limits Pretrial Release of Accused Person To Protect Victims, Ballot Measure 71 (1999)

Oregon Ballot Measure 71 (1999) or House Joint Resolution (HJR) 90 is a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment that grants victims right to reasonable protection from accused person or convicted criminal throughout criminal justice process, and from alleged youth offender or youth offender throughout juvenile delinquency process. The prosecuting attorney is the person authorized to assert rights of victims and public.

This measure requires that a court consider the reasonable protection of the victim and public when deciding whether to release the accused person prior to trial.

Election results

This measure passed at the November 1999 Special Election.

Oregon Measure 71
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		404,404	58.01%
No		292,696	41.99%

Ballot title

HJR 90 - Amends Constitution: Limits Pretrial Release of Accused Person To Protect Victims, Public

Support

Representative Kevin Mannix was a chief petitioner on this measure.

Supporters were concerned with the safety of Oregonians and preventing dangerous criminals from being let out on the streets to possibly harm another victim. Citizens who were harmed or had love ones who were raped or killed from criminals let out on bail rallied around the measure.

Some of those in support were:

• Parents of Murdered Children
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• Crime Victims United

Opposition

Many opposed argued that the measure assumes every arrested person is guilty. They also argued that the measure would abandon the basic right of having your bail posted if you are arrested.

Some of those against the measure were:

• Crime Victims for Justice
• State Rep. Jo Ann Bowman
• Oregon Sen. Avel Gordly

See also

Suggest a link

• Oregon 1999 ballot measures
• 1999 ballot measures
• List of Oregon ballot measures
• Procedures for qualifying an initiative in Oregon
• Laws governing the initiative process in Oregon

External links

• Oregon Measure 71 Guide
• Measure 71 Election Results

References

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