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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.

Autopsy Shows John Grant Suffered Pulmonary Edema and Intramuscular Hemorrhage and Aspirated Vomit During Oklahoma Execution

Submitted by OADPEditor on Tue, 02/15/2022 - 11:49pm

Feb. 14, 2022 Autopsy results for an Oklahoma death-row prisoner whose execution state officials claimed “was carried out … without complication” have confirmed eyewitness reports that John Grant likely suffered a torturous death. The autopsy, conducted by Tulsa Medical Examiner Jeremy Shelton, M.D., the morning after Grant was executed on October 28, 2021, revealed that Grant suffered pulmonary edema and intramuscular hemorrhaging, and aspirated on his vomit as a result of the lethal injection.

Death Row USA Fall 2021 Report: Death-Row Population Continues Long-Term Decline

Submitted by OADPEditor on Tue, 02/15/2022 - 11:44pm

Feb 09, 2022 The number of people sentenced to death or facing continuing jeopardy of execution in pending capital retrial or resentencing proceedings continued its more than two-decade decline in the third quarter of 2021, according to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) Fall 2021 quarterly census of death rows across the United States.

Death Penalty Info Center: The Death Penalty in 2021: Year End Report

Submitted by OADPEditor on Tue, 02/15/2022 - 11:38pm

The death penalty in 2021 was defined by two competing forces: the continuing long-term erosion of capital punishment across most of the country, and extreme conduct by a dwindling number of outlier jurisdictions to continue to pursue death sentences and executions.

New Poll: Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Las Vegas DA Seeking the Death Penalty Against Vulnerable and Impaired Persons

Submitted by OADPEditor on Tue, 02/15/2022 - 11:29pm

Feb 03, 2022 Likely voters in Clark County, Nevada overwhelmingly oppose the use of capital punishment against broad categories of vulnerable and impaired persons whom county prosecutors have been trying to execute, a new poll released by Vegas Watch on January 27, 2022 shows.

Oregon Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of serial killer Dayton Rogers once again

Submitted by OADPEditor on Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:15pm

Oregon Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of serial killer Dayton Rogers once again

The Oregon Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of notorious serial killer Dayton Leroy Rogers on Friday, citing its own historic ruling last month that applied the state's new aggravated murder statute to the case of another condemned man.

Oregon Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence in Decision that Could Clear the State’s Entire Death Row

Submitted by OADPEditor on Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:02pm
Oct 8 2021  In a decision that advocates say could clear the state’s death row, the Oregon Supreme Court (justices pictured) has overturned death-row prisoner David Ray Bartol’s death sentence because the crime he committed is no longer statutorily eligible for the death penalty.

Arizona DoC Paid $1.5 Million for Execution Drugs While Facing a Budget Crisis

Submitted by OADPEditor on Wed, 04/21/2021 - 8:11pm
 April 22, 2021  At a time in which the Arizona Department of Corrections is facing criticism for crumbling infrastructure, substandard medical care, and understaffing, the department has spent $1.5 million to purchase the lethal-injection drug pentobarbital from an undisclosed source. The exorbitant price, experts say, is a function of the questionable use of the drug for non-medical purposes and the secretive nature of the transaction.

Sonny Boy Oats Found Ineligible for the Death Penalty After 40 Years on Florida’s Death Row

Submitted by OADPEditor on Wed, 04/21/2021 - 7:54pm
April 20, 2021 After more than 40 years on Florida’s death row, Sonny Boy Oats,  one of the nation’s longest serving death-row prisoners, has been found ineligible for the death penalty.

Despite the surge of executions, the collapse of capital punishment is inevitable

Submitted by OADPEditor on Sat, 02/06/2021 - 9:28pm

" To abolish the death penalty, we must create a movement that is grounded in relationship building and truth telling. The movement to abolish the death penalty is gaining ground, despite the recent rush to execute several people living on federal death row. To reach this goal, we must create a movement that is grounded in relationship building and truth telling. How we get to abolition is as important as the hopeful inevitability we will get there."
The following article was published by Friends of Reconcilation after the federal executions.

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