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Published 12:00 am Friday, July 22, 2016

U.S. Attorney for Oregon — The federal prosecutor whose accusation of sexual harassment led U.S. Attorney for Oregon Amanda Marshall to resign told investigators he reported her behavior because it was interfering with his ability to eat, sleep and work. Meanwhile, the Office of the Inspector General found evidence Marshall was asked several times to stop sending harassing messages, but continued. The information was included in an Inspector General report obtained Thursday through a Freedom of Information Act request. Marshall apologized after a brief summary was released last month. Marshall and the subordinate began a yearlong affair in August 2013. During the affair, the subordinate won a promotion. Marshall told investigators she delegated the decision to someone else because she was afraid she’d get sued by whichever applicant lost. After the relationship ended, the subordinate said Marshall berated him at a concert, drove by his house multiple times and sent harassing messages.

Conviction overturned — The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of a Grants Pass man who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing a neighbor in street altercation between their homes. Kiley Hudson contends he was being choked from behind when he stabbed the neighbor in the back. In his appeal, Hudson said the trial judge was wrong to exclude as evidence computer-generated images that would have supported the plausibility of his self-defense claim. The Appeals Court agreed the evidence should have been admitted and returned the case back to Josephine County. Hudson was convicted of manslaughter in early 2013 after a jury said it couldn’t agree to a verdict on a murder charge. The night before the killing, Hudson and neighbor Gary Salomon exchanged words after children kicked a ball onto Salomon’s lawn.

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