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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
E[panded µvictim¶ de¿ nition could Neep criminals locNed up
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI
Capital Bureau
6A/(M ² .eepinJ danJerous
criminals behind bars Zill be easier
in OreJon due to an e[panded de¿
nition of ³victim´ under the state¶s
parole rules, a victims¶ riJhts advo
cate says.
Danielle Tudor is one of several
victims of 5ichard Troy *illmore,
the 3ortlandarea ³MoJJer rapist´
Zho Zas convicted of rape, bur
Jlary and se[ual abuse in .
+oZever, because *illmore¶s
rape conviction Zas not based on
the crime committed aJainst Tudor,
she had trouble testifyinJ durinJ his
parole hearinJ in .
OreJon¶s Board of 3arole and
3ost3rison 6upervision initially refused
to let Tudor speaN at the hearinJ but re
lented after she ¿ led a laZsuit, she said.
³That parole hearinJ for me Zas
traumatic but it Zas also empoZer
inJ,´ she said.
Tudor describes it as a pivot
al moment that convinced her to
chanJe the board¶s de¿ nition of vic
tim so that other people affected by
crime could not be shut out of simi
lar parole hearinJs.
³, found out , can ¿ Jht bacN. 1ot
only can , ¿ Jht bacN, but , can Zin,´
she said.
tion´ under the board¶s rules at the
time.
8nder the e[panded de¿ nition,
hoZever, the board can consider
testimony from other people Zho
have been determined by the board,
the court or the prosecutor to have
suffered from the convict¶s crime or
related crimes.
Tudor said she Zorries that *ill
more Zould be released unless the
parole board can consider her story
and the stories of his other victims.
³<ou Zouldn¶t hear about hoZ
real it¶s been in my life. That Zould
be lost,´ she said.
The neZ de¿ nition of victim
Zill affect other criminals Zho are
under consideration for parole, and
provide the board Zith a more ac
curate picture of these convicts, she
said.
³The parole board needs to hear
More victims can testify
While Tudor Zas a documented
victim of *illmore¶s and testi¿ ed
at his sentencinJ, prosecutors could
not prosecute him based on those
facts because the statute of limita
tions had run out, she said.
Tudor Zas initially shut out
of the parole hearinJ because she
Zasn¶t the ³victim of incarcera
those voices,´ Tudor said. ³We Jive
them a looN into an inmate¶s life liNe
they¶re not JoinJ to Jet otherZise.´
Defense attorneys
concerned
1ot everybody is a fan of the re
vised de¿ nition, thouJh.
The OreJon Criminal Defense
/aZyers Association is concerned
the neZ de¿ nition may be overly
inclusive and impede the fairness of
the parole process, said (d .roll, its
president.
³, don¶t see Zhy it needed to
be e[panded, Tuite franNly,´ he
said.
.roll said the de¿ nition is noZ
³nebulous´ and could alloZ anyone
Zith a tanJential connection to the
inmate to testify at parole hearinJs.
)or e[ample, a person inMured by
the convict in a drivinJ under the
OBITUARIES
WeeNend brass concert canceled
The Daily Astorian
The Astoria Music )es
tival¶s BiJ +orn Brass in
³6pin the 5adio Dial´ event
6aturday has been canceled
because of laJJinJ ticNet
sales.
A listinJ in Coast WeeN
end Zas printed before no
tice of the cancellation.
)or more information,
contact or
visit ZZZ.libertytheater.
orJ.
Tami Carlson and Jeff and
ArMa 6hepard all of .nappa.
Aug. 9, 2015
*AD%(55< +eather
and 1,(/6(1 0attheZ
of :arrenton a Jirl .ate
lynn 0arie(laine *ad
berry1ielsen born at Co
lumbia 0emorial +ospital.
*randparents are .atherine
and Corey :aters and .eY
in and (lYie *adberry all of
Astoria and /aurie 1ielsen
of Vancouver, Wash.
Births
July 23, 2015
6+(3A5D /isa and
&A5/621 1eil of Astoria
a boy /andin 5oJue &arl
son born at &olumbia 0e
morial +ospital in Astoria.
*randparents are (ric and
ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
Oregon Weather
Shown is
tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
are tonight’s
lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
Partly cloudy
54°
Friday
The Dalles
56/96
Astoria
54/78
Portland
58/94
Corvallis
51/95
Eugene
52/93
Pendleton
53/89
Salem
56/93
Albany
52/94
Ontario
51/93
Bend
49/90
Saturday
Burns
44/93
Medford
60/103
Mostly sunny and
delightful
78°
Comfortable with
more clouds than
sunshine
54°
70°
Sunday
69°
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015
57°
Monday
Sunshine
Partly sunny, a
couple of showers
possible
54°
66°
50°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Wednesday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 75°
Low ............................................ 59°
Normal high ............................... 69°
Normal low ................................. 51°
Precipitation
Yesterday ................................ 0.00"
Month to date .......................... 1.56"
Normal month to date ............. 0.54"
Year to date ........................... 30.67"
Normal year to date .............. 38.64"
Sunset tonight ..................
Sunrise Friday ..................
Moonrise today ................
Moonset today .................
Regional Cities
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Klamath Falls
47/94
New
First
Full
Last
Sep 12
Sep 21
Sep 27
Oct 4
Under the Sky
Today
Hi Lo W
84 37 s
87 49 s
74 57 s
89 52 s
69 58 pc
91 47 s
101 60 s
66 51 s
70 55 s
Fri.
Hi Lo W
88 39 s
90 54 s
73 57 s
93 55 s
72 58 s
94 50 s
103 64 s
64 52 s
67 56 s
National Cities
City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Vancouver
Yakima
Hi
79
87
87
94
89
71
80
87
89
Today
Lo W
50 pc
53 s
58 s
59 s
56 s
54 pc
55 s
56 s
52 s
Hi
84
89
94
98
93
75
83
93
92
Fri.
Lo W
50 s
58 s
61 s
60 s
58 s
55 s
56 s
59 s
53 s
Tonight's Sky: Friday before sunrise, Venus,
Jupiter, Mars and the waning crescent moon
will be in beautiful gathering above the eastern
horizon. A must see!
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
7:08 a.m.
7:16 p.m.
Low
-0.3 ft.
1.0 ft.
Tomorrow’s National Weather
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
82 68
t
Boston
77 62
t
Chicago
76 58
t
Denver
88 50 s
Des Moines
79 53 c
Detroit
78 59 pc
El Paso
88 68
t
Fairbanks
60 38 c
Honolulu
89 78 c
Indianapolis
83 63 c
Kansas City
83 58
t
Las Vegas
102 78 pc
Los Angeles
98 75 pc
Memphis
87 70 pc
Miami
90 79 pc
Nashville
83 64
t
New Orleans
86 75
t
New York
80 66
t
Oklahoma City 90 67 pc
Philadelphia
82 66
t
St. Louis
85 66 pc
Salt Lake City
89 61 s
San Francisco
87 63 s
Seattle
77 57 s
Washington, DC 82 65
t
Fri.
Hi Lo
85 67
71 62
65 51
76 51
68 48
68 52
92 68
58 40
88 78
71 53
71 48
103 77
94 71
83 59
90 77
83 59
82 72
82 68
79 54
84 66
72 54
89 61
81 60
83 57
84 66
W
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r
sh
pc
pc
sh
t
c
sh
sh
pc
pc
pc
t
t
pc
t
pc
t
pc
sh
s
s
s
pc
Fronts
Cold
Warm
Stationary
Showers
T-Storms
Rain
Flurries
Snow
Ice
-10s
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands
are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are given for selected cities.
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
CLATSOP
POWER
EQUIPMENT, INC.
SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS
Astoria
Feb. 18, 1918 — Sept. 3, 2015
John Zas born on )eb. , in .orsnas, itics. +e also loved to tell stories, and loved old
)inland. +is parents Zere Vendla and Carl 1or country music, such as 0erle +aJJard.
+e is survived by 6usanne %enthin and her
dJren. At a younJ aJe he lost his sister, Adele.
They lived on a farm. +e attended school in children Jessica Defrates and .ristina, John
and Jeffrey Benthin. Close friends
+elenelund, )inland. John served in
are Jane and Art TuriJliatto and their
World War ,, ¿ JhtinJ for )inland.
family. John and (l¿ considered the
,n he moved Zith his parents
TuriJliatto¶s dauJhter, Alicia, an ad
to Astoria, 2re. +e ZorNed at 3ills
opted JranddauJhter. Also survivinJ
bury, as a lonJshoreman and at the
are cousins Jenny Osterdahl, (lvi
8pteJrove /umber 0ill. ,n he
AJren, *ullvi WiNstrom, (lsa Wal
returned to )inland for a visit, and at
ton and +elen BoZles, and sisterin
that time he met (l¿ 0. West, and
laZ (lly WesterJard and her three
they married 6ept. , . 6he later
sons 6ven, 6tiJJohn and 6ivert, and
came to live Zith him in Astoria.
their families.
John ZorNed as a custodian for
John
There Zill be a Jraveside commit
the Astoria 6chool District for
Nordgren
tal service at *reenZood Cemetery
years. +e retired in .
on )riday, 6ept. , , at a.m.
John belonJed to the 3eace /u
There Zill be a memorial service at 3eace
theran Church, the Order of Vasa, the order of
/utheran Church on )riday, 6ept. , at p.m.
5uneberJ and American /eJion 3ost .
John loved to dance, especially the tanJo, A reception Zill folloZ at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to
and considered himself an outstandinJ danc
er. (very 6unday John and (l¿ Zould taNe a 3eace /utheran Church or the Al]heimer¶s
car ride and then Jo out for dinner. They both )oundation.
CaldZell¶s /uce/ayton Mortuary is in charJe
loved the hot sprinJs and Zould Jo there every
year. John loved to Zatch ³Jeopardy,´ ³Wheel of the arranJements. An online Juest booN may
of )ortune,´ ³DancinJ Zith the 6tars, ´ and pol be siJned at ZZZ.caldZellsmortuary.com
Of¿ cer says complaint triJJered retaliation
C/AT6.A1,( ² A police of
¿ cer in ClatsNanie says his family
has faced retaliation since he and
another of¿ cer ¿ led complaints
aJainst the police chief for maNinJ
racist statements.
Of¿ cer Ale[ 6tone tells .AT8
he¶s beinJ folloZed on his shift,
his Zife has tZice been forced off
the road and people are yellinJ the
1Zord at him.
OREGON
Wednesday¶s PicN
1 p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
10 p.m.
Wednesday¶s MegabucNs

(stimated jacNpot . mil
lion.
Former Clats-
kanie Police Chief
Marvin Hoover.
Wednesday¶s PoZerball
, 3oZerball
(stimated jacNpot
million.
WASHINGTON
Wednesday¶s Daily Game

Wednesday¶s Hit 5

(stimated jacNpot ,
Wednesday¶s Keno


Wednesday¶s Lotto

(stimated jacNpot . mil
lion
Wednesday¶s Match

Public meetings
THURSDAY
Seaside
Convention
Center Commission,
p.m., 6easide Civic and
Convention Center,
)irst Ave, 6easide.
Gearhart
Planning
Commission, p.m.,
*earhart City +all,
3acific Way, *earhart.
SATURDAY
Clatsop Soil and Water
Conservation District,
p.m., annual meetinJ and
potlucN, *nat CreeN )ish
+atchery covered picnic
area. AJenda revieZ of
annual report, audit and
district proJress for last
fiscal year fundinJ avail
able for Clatsop County
landoZners durinJ ne[t
fiscal year.
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503-325-0792 • 1-800-220-0792
6tone, Zho is Zhite, submitted
the complaint aJainst Chief Marvin
+oover Zith the OreJon Depart
ment of 3ublic 6afety 6tandards
and TraininJ. ,t alleJes the chief
compared AfricanAmericans to
monNeys and sanJ ³Di[ie.´
+oover Zas placed on paid ad
ministrative leave AuJ. and al
loZed to retire tZo ZeeNs later. The
state investiJation remains active.
+oover had been chief since
.
Lotteries
Tomorrow’s Tides
Time
High
12:31 a.m. 7.9 ft.
1:21 p.m. 7.7 ft.
John Arvid Nordgren
Associated Press
7:37 p.m.
6:48 a.m.
4:18 a.m.
6:20 p.m.
influence incident could potential
ly speaN at his parole hearinJ for a
murder conviction, even if it Zas
unrelated, he said.
³The person Zith the bro
Nen leJ can come in too and
say he shouldn¶t Jet out,´ .roll
said.
,n another scenario, an inmate
may have been convicted of as
saultinJ one victim but acTuitted of
assaultinJ another person, he said.
The victim of the unproven as
sault could nonetheless testify at
the parole hearinJ, .roll said.
6uch a possibility Zould be
prejudicial to the inmate and fly in
the face of the jury verdict, he said.
³,t¶s stuff liNe that that really con
cerns us, ´ he said.
The Capital Bureau is a collab-
oration between EO Media Group
and Pamplin Media Group.
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