A blog produced by the Oregon Justice Resource Center discussing the death penalty (capital punishment) in Oregon and in the Ninth Circuit.
Ohio executed Mark Wiles. He died by lethal injection at 10:42 a.m., ending an unofficial moratorium on the death penalty that occurred due to controversies surrounding Ohio’s lethal injection procedures. … Continue reading
From the ACLU A Shameful Race-Based System of “Justice” It took Florida authorities nearly six weeks to arrest George Zimmerman and charge him with second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin, a delay that … Continue reading
From the National Academies: Date: April 18, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Current Research Not Sufficient to Assess Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty WASHINGTON — Research to date on the … Continue reading