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Outgoing Oregon governor commutes death row sentences, orders execution chamber dismantled

Submitted by OADPEditor on Wed, 12/14/2022 - 6:25am

Brown has continued Democratic efforts to end the death penalty in Oregon on her way out of office.

In her final weeks in office, Gov. Kate Brown is commuting the sentences of those on death row and dismantling the state execution chamber in an effort to effectively end capital punishment in Oregon.

Gov. Gavin Newsom Suspends Death Penalty In California

Submitted by OADPEditor on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 10:26pm

Updated March 13 at 3:29 p.m. ET AP Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping order on Wednesday putting an executive moratorium on California's troubled death penalty, thus ordering a reprieve for the 737 people on death row.

The action suspends any further executions in California as long as Newsom is governor. But only California voters can repeal the death penalty, something they rejected narrowly three years ago.
Our death penalty system has been — by any measure — a failure.

Bill would effectively abolish the death penalty in Oregon

Submitted by OADPEditor on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 8:12pm

Mar 8, 2019 Under House Bill 3268, aggravated murder would be limited to only crimes when two or more people are killed
in a terror attack. This shows the death chamber at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. Photo by Beth

A bill filed Monday would allow the death penalty only in cases involving terrorism-related killings, effectively abolishing capital punishment in Oregon.

Dayton Rogers Sentenced to Death

Submitted by OADP on Wed, 12/02/2015 - 12:36pm

Oregonians to pay millions more for an execution date that will never arrive
Opinion By Frank Thompson - Retired Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary

 

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