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Since moving to Bend in 1995, John Hummel has worked as a public defender, started a defense firm and served six years on the Bend City Council before being elected as District Attorney in 2014. The self-described progressive prosecutor took a different approach than many DAs, taking public stances on injustice and what he views as flaws in the legal system.

Hummel declined to seek a third term, and just days before his departure he sat down with the Source Weekly for a chat about his time in office.

This article appears in Source Weekly January 5, 2023.

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LISTEN: Parting Thoughts from District Attorney John Hummel 🎧

by Jack Harvel, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 4, 2023

<h1>LISTEN: Parting Thoughts from District Attorney John Hummel 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by Jack Harvel, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 4, 2023</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">S</span>ince moving to Bend in 1995, John Hummel has worked as a public defender, started a defense firm and served six years on the Bend City Council before being elected as District Attorney in 2014. The self-described progressive prosecutor took a different approach than many DAs, taking public stances on injustice and what he views as flaws in the legal system.</p> <p>Hummel declined to seek a third term, and just days before his departure he sat down with the Source Weekly for a chat about his time in office.</p> <p><div> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/bend-dont-break-with-district-attorney-john-hummell" title="Bend Dont Break with District Attorney John Hummell" target="_blank">Bend Dont Break with District Attorney John Hummell</a> </div></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bend-dont-break-podcast-with-district-attorney-john-hummel-18391843/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-fbookImage.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=43815&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bend-dont-break-podcast-with-district-attorney-john-hummel-18391843/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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