DP9
A blog produced by the Oregon Justice Resource Center discussing the death penalty (capital punishment) in Oregon and in the Ninth Circuit.
Daily Archives: April 21, 2012
Op-Ed: The Enduring Failure To Protect Against Racism
Twenty five years ago this week in a case entitled McCleskey v. Kemp, the United States Supreme Court was faced with disturbing proof that race influences who is sentenced to … Continue reading
VIDEO: Racial Justice Act case ruling
VIDEO: Racial Justice Act case ruling Supeior Court judge Greg Weeks vacated Marcus Robinson’s death sentence Friday after finding that prosecutors in his 1994 murder trial discriminated against black jurors. North … Continue reading
25th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in McCleskey v. Kemp (Part VI)
From the ACLU The U.S. Death Penalty — An International Human Rights Wrong? As we mark the 25th anniversary of McCleskey v. Kemp, international concern is growing over the crippling inadequacies of the … Continue reading
This week in capital punishment (4/15 – 4/21)
Stories from week 4/15 – 4/21 Arizona update (4/21/12) Another reprieve Connecticut is to repeal capital punishment, part of a growing trend (4/20) Delaware executes Shannon Johnson (4/20) Bias Law Used to Move a Man … Continue reading
Previous Posts
- Under Construction
- Texas executes Jeffrey Demond Williams
- Texas Executes Carroll Parr
- Ohio executes Steve Smith
- Texas executes Richard Cobb
- Nevada update 4/24 (The death penalty isn’t a hot issue, but that doesn’t mean it’s not important)
- Texas executes Ronnie Threadgill
- Scholarship Monday 4/15
- Ninth Circuit Update (March Edition)
- Florida executes Larry Mann
