Press Coverage for Public Plea Oregon Public Broadcasting “Public Plea” examines the issue from various perspectives, including interviews with juveniles, reform and victims’ rights advocates, defense attorneys, prosecutors, legislators, academics, social workers and a criminologist. Read the Story Beat Check with the Oregonian “A team of journalists at the university of Oregon spent the past year and a half delving deep into an issue that turned out to be exceptionally timely – what to do with young Oregonians who were convicted of serious crimes as juveniles.” Hear the Radio Story