Kate Brown and Tina Kotek allowed for the release of a serial sex offender

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Next month, a serial sex offender will be released due in part to Governor Kate Brown’s and Tina Kotek’s support of a bill that eliminated the use of more extensive considerations for the release of rapists.

Despite calls from victims for Governor Brown’s reconsideration, the criminal will be released without mention of his name on the state’s public sex offender registry nor with notice to his neighbors of his residency.

As reported today by The Oregonian/OregonLive:

“Gillmore scored a zero – low risk – and was placed at Level 1, according to his test, obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive from the state parole board.

“A 2013 bill that required the reclassification of Oregon’s sex offenders didn’t call for a second test that would offer a more expansive picture of their risk of committing new crimes because it was considered too expensive and lengthy to administer.
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“Tiffany Edens, who was 13 when Gillmore raped her in her home, called the lowest-level classification a “slap in the face” and has asked how a test with so few questions can fairly determine Gillmore’s risk.”
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“Edens, along with Daniele Tudor, who was 17 when she was attacked by Gillmore in her Southeast Portland home in 1979, and Colleen Kelly, who was 13 when Gillmore broke into her Southeast Portland home and raped her in 1980, have petitioned the governor to change Gillmore’s sex offender classification.

“I would hope that you would use your governing-power to appropriately designate Richard Gillmore to Level 3 SO (sex offender) at the time of his release,” she wrote. ‘Kate, YOU, have the POWER to PROTECT the CITIZENS of Oregon and ALL of Gillmore’s VICTIMS.’

“Advocates for Gillmore’s victims agree that state lawmakers should allow higher standards of assessment in cases with extenuating circumstances like Gillmore.”

“Mark this down as another heartbreaking example of Tina Kotek following in the footsteps of her ally, the embattled Governor Kate Brown, when it comes to putting the rights of criminals over the victims of heinous crimes,” said RGA Spokeswoman Kaitlin Price. “Oregonians’ cries for change have fallen on the deaf ears of Democrats for far too long; voters are overwhelmingly going to vote for a new direction on November 8.”