Defense attorneys expressed dismay over comments made by Multnomah County’s new district attorney Nathan Vasquez, calling his remarks “offensive” and “inaccurate.”
During an interview with OPB published Monday, his first official day on the job, Vasquez offered a sharp critique of many of the county’s public defenders.
“I call it the work stoppage,” Vasquez said. “I hear it referred to as a defense attorney crisis. I don’t accept that. I don’t agree with that terminology. I see it much differently.”…