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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M. Westbrook Johnson | Portland | OR |
Evelyn Hanks | Portland | OR |
Gail Meyer | Portland | OR |
Kweli Jaoko | Portland | OR |
Sharon Becket | Portland | OR |
Julie Saintanne | Tigard | OR |
Sari Pill | Portland | OR |
Cat Kitts | Silverton | OR |
Dorothy Ackerman | Portland | OR |
John B. Castro | Portland | OR |
Sherilyn Moss | Portland | OR |
Frank and Bonnie Nusser | Tigard | OR |
Elisabeth Mason-Kahn | Portland | OR |
Leslie Phillips | Portland | OR |
Moryah Schindler | Portland | OR |
Lauren Metevier | Portland | OR |
Leslie Kinkaid | Portland | OR |
Emily Ruef | Portland | OR |
Lizzie McQuillen | Portland | OR |
Garret Gundlach | Portland | OR |
Cadey Lomeland | Scappose | OR |
Jan Hilberg | Gresham | OR |
Juliet Cardinal | Anytown | OR |
Sheila Montgomery | Anytown | OR |
Bethany Yingling | Portland | OR |
Amber Miller | Portland | OR |
Sabine Wild | Portland | OR |
David and Marion Poindexter | Portland | OR |
Cielest Mora-Moralez | Monmouth | OR |
Kristina Follis | Monmouth | OR |
Andrea Wyman | Monmouth | OR |
Jack Cahill | Beaverton | OR |
Ethel Bassett | Walton | OR |
Rev. April Hall-Cutting | Corvallis | OR |
Rev. Gary Langenwalter | Tigard | OR |
Margaret Wauer | Salem | OR |
Becky O'Neil McBrayer | Portland | OR |
John Gear | Salem | OR |
James Davis | Salem | OR |
Jeff Ellis | Portland | OR |
Larry Gray | Salem | OR |
Emil and Elaine Graziani | Salem | OR |
Rev. Lowell Greathouse | Portland | OR |
Rachel Hardesty | Gresham | OR |
B. Martin Heisler | Lake Oswego | OR |
Elaine Hultengren | Salem | OR |
Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankins | Eugene | OR |
Steve Ickes | Salem | OR |
Prof Steve Kanter | Portland | OR |
Ray Kaufman | Albany | OR |