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Job Bias Charges at Five Year High
T he Equal Em ploym ent O ppor­ and e ffe c tiv e ly ,” said C o m m is­
tunity Com m ission reeei veil 82,792 sion C h a ir N aom i C. Earp. "T o
discrim ination-charge tilings dur­ en su re that equ ality o f o p p o rtu ­
ing the last fiscal year in the private nity becom es a reality in the 2 1 st-
sector, the highest volume of in­ ce n tu ry w o rk p la c e , e m p lo y e rs
need to place a prem iu m on fo s­
com ing charges since 2002.
T he com plaints were also nine tering inclusive and d isc rim in a­
percent higher than a year earlier, tion-free w ork en v iro n m en ts for
the largest annual increase since all in d iv id u als.”
A ccording to the latest data, al­
the early 1990s, the federal agency
legations o f discrim ination based
reported last week.
T he data, available online at on race, retaliation, and sex were
E e o c .g o v , also show s that the the m ost frequently filed charges,
EE O C recovered $345 million in continuing a long-term trend. A d­
m onetary relief for job-bias victims. ditionally, nearly all m ajor charge
“ C o rp o rate A m erica needs to categories show ed double digit
do a b etter jo b o f proactively p re ­ percentage increases from the prior
v en tin g discrim in atio n and ad ­ year — a rare occurrence.
The ju m p in charge filings may
d re s s in g c o m p la in ts p ro m p tly
be due to a com bination o f factors,
including greater aw areness o f the
law, changing economic conditions,
and increased diversity and dem o­
graphic shifts in the labor force,
officials said.
Last year, forthe first time, retali­
atio n w as th e se co n d h ig h e st
charge category (behind race), sur­
passing sex-based charges in total
filings with EEOC offices nation­
wide. H istorically, race has been
the m ost frequently filed charge
since the EECX? becam e operational
in 1965.
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Discussion on Police
Accountability
T he L eague o f W om en
Voters o f Portland will host a
panel to discuss police account­
ability in Portland on W ednes­
day, M arch 12 at 7 p.m. in the
B o ard
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of
th e
Multnomah Building, 501 S.E.
Hawthorne. The event is free,
and the public is invited to
attend.
Portland's first police over­
sight system grew out of the
racial tensions o f the 1980's
between the police and the
A frican-A m erican co m m u ­
nity. It survived a police-union-
led referendum and remained
in place for nearly 20 years
with mixed results.
The present system, the In­
dependent Police Review di­
vision, currently is steeped in
controversy after a perfo r­
mance review by a nationally
recognized expert on civilian
o v e r s ig h t, E ile e n L u n a -
Firebaugh, revealed its lack of
tran sp aren cy and in d ep en ­
dence from the police bureau.
Participating in the discus­
sion will be Gary Blackmer,
PortlandCity Auditor; Michael
Bigham, C hair of the Citizen
R ev iew C o m m itte e ; D an
H andelm an, co -fo u n d er o f
PortlandCopwatch; Alejandro
Queral, form er director o f the
N o rth w e s t C o n s titu tio n a l
Rights Center; and Darleane
Lemley, League m em ber and
longtime citizen activist on po­
lice oversight issues.
Portland Community Media
will broadcast the forum live on
Channel 30. Repeat broadcasts
will be aired on Channel 30 on
Friday, March 14, at 5 p.m.;
Sunday, March 16, at 6 p.m.;
Tuesday, March 18, at 3 p.m.;
and Friday, March 21, at 11 p.m.
Prison Population, Costs Grow
Tough sentencing measures blamed
(AP) — For the first tim e in his­
tory, more than one in every 100
A m erican adults is in jail or prison,
according to a new report tracking
the surge in inm ate population and
urging states to rein in corrections
costs with alternative sentencing
programs.
The report by the Pew C enter
said the 50 states spent more than
$49 bi 11 ion on correction s I ast y ear,
up from less than $11 billion 20
years earlier. The rate o f increase
for prison costs was six times greater
than for higher education spend­
ing, the report said.
U sing upd ated state-b y -state
data, the report said 2,319,258 adults
were held in U.S. prisons or jails at
the start o f 2 0 0 8 — one out o f every
9 9 .1 adults, and more than any other
country in the world.
T he report cited K ansas and
Texas as states which have acted
decisively to slow the growth of their
inmate population. Their actions in­
clude greater use of com munity su­
pervision for low-risk offenders and
em ploying sanctions oth er than
reimprisonment forex-offenders who
com mit technical violations o f pa­
role and probation rules.
The largest percentage increase
— 12 percent — was in Kentucky,
where Gov. Steve Beshear high­
lighted the cost o f corrections in
his budget speech last month.
The report said prison growth
and higher incarceration rates do
not reflect a parai lei increase in crime
or in the nation's overall popula­
tion. Instead, it said, m ore people
are behind bars mainly because o f
tough sentencing m easures, such
as "three-strikes" laws, that result
in longer prison stays.
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Victim: African-American male, 6" tall, 25-35
years old.
Location: The unknow n person’s rem ains
were found near the Silver Fox RV Park in a
wooded area, near40505 E. Hwy 224. Estacada.
Date: Nov. 11,2000
Details: A forensic artist used clues from the
skull o f the unidentified man to create a sketch
o f his face. The state medical ex am in er's office analyzed the bones to
determ ine his height, race and approxim ate age. Evidence suggested his
body had been there for less than a year. There was no indication of
traum a, so investigators d o n ’t know if he died o f natural causes, took his
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Victim: Andrew W illiam Corpe
Suspect: Unknow n
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was m urdered w hile traveling dow n the
Springw ater Trail in the a re a o f Southeast Johnson Creek Boulevard and
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C orpc was shot several tim es in the head, and neighbors in the area
reported hearing shots at approxim ately 4 a.m. tlis body was discovered
dum ped in Johnson Creek.
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