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Salem-Journal: Sister Helen Prejean speaks out against the death penalty at Willamette
Submitted by trodello on Fri, 10/26/2012 - 19:21
Oct 24, 2012 Tuesday night’s talk in Willamette University’s Cone Chapel might have been mistaken for a Sunday sermon.
'Dead Man Walking' author Sr. Helen Prejean discusses death-penalty, repeal efforts
Submitted by trodello on Fri, 10/26/2012 - 19:16
On October 21, 2012 Sister Helen Prejean, anti-death penalty advocate and author of Dead Man Walking, talks about Oregon's death row and the death penalty in general.
In 1982, at the suggestion of a civil rights activist, Sister Helen Prejean wrote a letter to a man on Louisiana’s death row.
INNOCENCE: Louisiana Death Row Inmate Exonerated Through DNA After 15 Years
Submitted by trodello on Fri, 10/05/2012 - 20:09
On September 28, Damon Thibodeaux was freed from death row in Louisiana after an extensive investigation, including DNA testing and the cooperation of Jefferson Parrish District Attorney Paul Connick. Thibodeaux was sentenced to death for the 1996 rape and murder of his cousin. He at first confessed to the attack after a nine-hour interrogation by detectives.
Ohio: Another release from death row
Submitted by trodello on Wed, 09/12/2012 - 12:06
Sept. 6, 2012 Another deadly mistake has been uncovered and corrected. Michael Keenan was released from Ohio’s death row today, after serving 24 year of imprisonment, for a crime he did not commit. This is Ohio’s second exoneration in nine months, the seventh since 1976 when the death penalty was resumed in the United States and the 141st nationally.
Letter from OADP Advisory Council Member: Capital punishment makes us all barbarians
Submitted by trodello on Sat, 08/18/2012 - 19:12
Dr. Hugo Bedau, a long-time professor of philosophy at Tufts University, died earlier this week ( New York Times , August 17, 2012, p. B14). He was
born in Portland. Professor Bedau devoted much of his career to the systematic, rigorous and socially conscious study of the death penalty and
Jeff Ellis, Oregon Capital Resource Center: We shouldn't execute Gary Haugen until we finish the death penalty debate
Submitted by trodello on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 04:07
August 10, 2012 Imagine a death row inmate who is unquestionably ineligible for a death sentence. That person might be intellectually disabled. Or, he may be severely mentally ill. Now, imagine that the governor attempts to remedy this miscarriage of justice through his constitutional clemency power.
Judge rules inmate Gary Haugen, seeking execution, has right to reject governor's reprieve
Submitted by trodello on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 04:04
Friday, August 03, 2012 Death row inmate Gary Haugen won a legal battle Friday against Gov. John Kitzhaber when a judge ruled he could reject the governor's reprieve of his execution and move forward in his efforts to die by lethal injection.
OADP Statement on Judge Alexander’s Decision on Haugen Execution
Submitted by trodello on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 04:47
Aug. 5, 2012 Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (OADP) is expressing disappointment with the decision of State Senior Judge Timothy P. Alexander in the latest round of Gary Haugen hearings. We feel that the Governor is totally within his right to declare a moratorium on executions. And, we believe that this decision will be overturned upon appeal.
Arkansas Supreme Court declares execution law unconstitutional, siding with death row inmates
Submitted by trodello on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 20:58
June 22, 2012 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court struck down the state's execution law Friday, but did not deem lethal injection or the death penalty unconstitutional. Read More
Oregon State Bar Bulletin: Let the Debate Begin
Read interviews with four attorneys including Jeffrey Ellis, Director of the Oregon Capital Resource Center and death penalty oppoent, and Josh Marquis, Clatsop Country District Attorney and death penalty supporter, and an examination of the complexities of the issue. Read More
