When Gov. Tina Kotek fired the head of Oregon’s embattled public defense commission in April, she gave its new director until June 1 to come up with a strategy to end the state’s ongoing public defender shortage.

On Monday, Interim Executive Director Ken Sanchagrin announced just that: A 12-month-long, seven-point plan by the agency that seeks to expand contracts with lawyers and nonprofits across the state, increase voluntary caseloads for available attorneys and onboard law students who can be supervised while providing a defense for those accused of crimes.

The response marks the commission’s first attempt at addressing the shortage since Kotek overhauled its leadership two months ago. It doesn’t provide a timeline for exactly when the crisis should end, as Kotek requested in April, b

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