KISTLER, J.
In 2005, the Oregon Legislature added a new exception to the prohibition against the admission of hearsay evidence. Or. Laws 2005, ch. 458, § 1; see OEC 804(3)(g). Under that exception, a declarant's hearsay statements are admissible against a party "who engaged in * * * wrongful conduct that was intended to [and did] cause the declarant to be unavailable as a witness." OEC 804(3)(g).
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