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Statesman Journal High court again overturns death sentence
Submitted by trodello on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 03:32
March 30, 2012 The Oregon Supreme Court, for the third time in two decades, has overturned a death sentence against Robert Paul Langley Jr. for a murder committed in 1987.
The decision announced Thursday sent the case back to Marion County Circuit Court for further proceedings. District Attorney Walt Beglau has not announced whether he will seek the death penalty for Langley.
State Supreme Court overturns death sentence against Robert Langley for fourth time
Submitted by trodello on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 03:23
Thursday, March 29, 2012 The Oregon Supreme Court for the fourth time has overturned a death sentence for Robert Paul Langley Jr., finding that a judge should not have forced the convicted murderer to represent himself before jurors determining his punishment.
US Judge bars import of drug used in death penalty
Submitted by trodello on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 03:20
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday barred U.S. authorities from importing an anesthesia drug used in carrying out death sentences because the Food and Drug Administration never approved the drug for use in the United States, and he ordered supplies be confiscated.
AP Interview: Texas DA seeks death penalty review
Submitted by trodello on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 05:23
February 23, 2012 AP The Texas prosecutor leading an aggressive push to free wrongly imprisoned inmates, in a county where more than two dozen wrongful convictions have been overturned, is calling for a review of the capital punishment system in the nation's busiest death penalty state.
LA Time OpEd: California's death penalty law: It simply does not work
Submitted by trodello on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 04:45
We believed the Briggs initiative — the death penalty measure we wrote in 1977 — would bring greater justice. We were wrong.
California chief justice urges reevaluating death penalty
December 24, 2011 Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, who heads the state's judicial branch and its highest court, said in an interview that the death penalty is no longer effective in California and suggested she would welcome a public debate on its merits and costs.
OADP Oregonian Column: Kitzhaber's invitation to listen as well as talk
Submitted by trodello on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 05:23
December 04, 2011 Gov. Kitzhaber has invited Oregonians into thoughtful conversation. The hiatus in executions gives us time to talk and listen to each other. Disapproving reaction focuses on two concerns. One is gubernatorial powers in our democracy. The other is the death penalty.
Oregon Legislator: Debating capital punishment: We can be tough on crime without the death penalty
December 2, 2011 Last week Gov. John Kitzhaber made a controversial decision to issue a reprieve for condemned inmate Gary Haugen and charged the Legislature with taking up capital punishment in 2013. As a staunch supporter of Measure 11 and other tough-on-crime legislation, I surprised many in my Republican caucus by supporting the governor's decision.
Sister Helen Prejean: No better place than Oregon
Submitted by trodello on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 05:15
Last week, Oregon’s governor, John Kitzhaber, took a stance for life. He refused to sign the death warrant for Gary Haugin and then he went further. He said no to any more executions on his watch. He’d allowed two executions to proceed in his earlier terms as governor, but as he said:
Oregonian OpEd: Capital punishment in Oregon: Kitzhaber should commute all death sentences
Sunday, Nov. 27 Oregon's governor, John Kitzhaber, stopped the impending execution of two-time convicted killer Gary Haugen, granting a "temporary reprieve ... for the duration of my term in office." Haugen's death sentence had been the subject of extensive review and the prisoner himself had argued that he should die.
