Portland man convicted 2nd time for rape after reversal of non-unanimous verdict in first trial

Daniel Bluestein found guilty

Daniel Bluestein, now 48, was found guilty of first-degree rape on Mon., July 1, 2024.Zane Sparling/The Oregonian

A Portland man who raped a mortgage broker he lured to his mother’s apartment under false pretenses has been found guilty for the second time — 17 years after his original conviction.

First found guilty by 11 out of 12 jurors during a 2007 trial, Daniel Bluestein had already finished his 11⅔-year prison sentence by the time the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed non-unanimous jury verdicts in 2020.

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