Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Oregon. The first execution under the territorial government was in 1851. Capital punishment was made explicitly legal by statute in 1864, and executions have been carried out exclusively at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem since 1904. The death penalty was outlawed between 1914 and 1920, again between 1964 and 1978, and then again between a 1981 Oregon Supreme Court ruling and a 1984 ballot measure. Since 1904, about 60 individuals have been executed in Oregon. Aggravated murder is the only crime subject to the penalty of death under Oregon law.
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Cecilia Ranger | Oregon City | OR |
Lavone Morisky | West Linn | OR |
Sue O Brien | Blue River | OR |
Mary Steinkamp | Portland | OR |
Frances Wink | Portland | OR |
Frances Harold | Portland | OR |
Nancy Dillman | Corvallis | OR |
Barbara Willer | Portland | OR |
Ellie Kratz | Lake Oswego | OR |
Susan Mitchell | Portland | OR |
Carolyn Coleman | Lake Oswego | OR |
Rae Skinner | Lake Oswego | OR |
Janet Marcisz | Eugene | OR |
Joanne Maney | Portland | OR |
Jane Ellen Burns | Portland | OR |
Marilyn Nunemaker | Portland | OR |
Lucinda Peightal | Portland | OR |
Phyllis KJaszkowski | Portland | OR |
Elaine Kloser | Beaverton | OR |
Renee Manes | Portland | OR |
John Connors | Portland | OR |
William Stark | Salem | OR |
Gayle Sheller | Hillsboro | OR |
Janet Wilson | Salem | OR |
Veronica Guerrero Ramos | Portland | OR |
Claire Burt | Portland | OR |
Don and Kyoko Fensler | Salem | OR |
Kevin Finney | Portland | OR |
Steve Forrester | Astoria | OR |
Steven Goldberg | Portland | OR |
Steve Gorham | Salem | OR |
Emily Gottfried | Portland | OR |
Noel Grefenson | Salem | OR |
Lisa Grove | Portland | OR |
Alan Gustafson | Salem | OR |
Dennis Hachler | Pendleton | OR |
Ken C. Hadley, P.C. | Baker City | OR |
Matthew Haenny | Salem | OR |
Jeanne Hall | Salem | OR |
Dan Handelman | Portland | OR |
Roger Hardesty | Portland | OR |
Rachel Hardesty | Portland | OR |
David & Rosemary Harrington | Portland | OR |
Tom Head | Beaverton | OR |
J. Kevin Hunt | Oregon City | OR |
Rose Jade | Newport | OR |
Bob Joondeph | Portland | OR |
Stephen Kanter | Portland | OR |
Carl Kapocias | Salem | OR |
Munir and Gail Katul | Eugene | OR |