Ninth Circuit: Snapshot

We will regularly post a snapshot (summary) of what is occurring in the Ninth Circuit, this will be included in our end-of-the-month “The Death Penalty in 2012” post. This monthly post will highlight notable cases in state and federal court, important oral arguments, general trends, and major stories.

Until then, here is an introductory snapshot of the Ninth Circuit and capital punishment:

States in the Ninth Circuit with capital punishment:

•  Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington

Number of People on Death Row: 993*

• Arizona: 130
• California: 725
• Idaho: 14
• Montana: 2
• Nevada: 77
• Oregon: 37
• Washington: 8

Scheduled Executions

• February 29: Towery, Robert (Arizona)
• March 8: Moormann, Robert (Arizona)

Recent Exections

• 9/10/2010: Brown, Cal Coburn (Washington)
• 10/26/2010: Landrigan Jeffrey (Arizona)
• 3/29/2011: King, Eric (Arizona)
• 5/25/2011: Beaty, Donald (Arizona)
• 6/30/2011: Bible, Richard (Arizona)
• 7/19/2011: West, Thomas (Arizona)
• 11/18/2011: Rhoades, Paul (Idaho)

Total U.S. Executions since 9/01/10: 56

• Ninth Circuit states conducted 12.5%  of the executions in the U.S. since 9/01/10

De Facto Moratorium:

• California (ongoing challenges to the lethal injection protocol and method of execution)
• Oregon (Governor announced that he would not allow an execution to occur while he remains in office)

Methods of Execution:

• Lethal Injection
  • Three drug protocol
    • Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington
  • Single Drug Protocol (available)
    • Idaho
    • Washington
• Gas Chamber
  • California
• Hanging
  • Washington

Cases:

Federal

• Upcoming
  • Feb. 15th: Poyson v. Ryan (Habeas – Arizona)
  • Feb 16th: Miles v. Ryan (Habeas – Arizona)
• Recent (we are still compiling this information and starting to build a complete catalogue of oral arguments)
  • Nov. 17th: Scott v. Ryan (Habeas – Arizona) Audio
  • Nov. 17th: Gentry v. Sinclair (Habeas – W.Wash) Audio
  • Nov. 18th: Wood v. Ryan (Habeas – Arizona) Audio
  • Dec. 5th: Farmer v. McDaniel (Habeas – N.Nev) Audio Opinion
  • Jan. 10th: USA v. McGowan (Criminal – C.Cal) Audio  Opinion
  • Jan. 19th: Ben Shalom v. Ayers (Habeas – E.Cal) Audio
  • Feb. 6th: Stankewitz v. Wong (Habeas – E.Cal) Audio
  • Feb. 7th: Cudjo v. Ayers (Habeas – C.Cal) Audio
  • Feb. 9th: Ayala v. Wong (Habeas – S.Cal) Audio

State

• We are currently compiling information and starting to build a complete catalogue of state oral arguments and opinions.

*These numbers are the most current we could obtain using DOC numbers. However, DP9 officially tracks death row population using LDF’s quarterly report, which is only current to July 1, 2011. So there may be some discrepancies throughout our blog with regards to the number of death row inmates.

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