DP9
A blog produced by the Oregon Justice Resource Center discussing the death penalty (capital punishment) in Oregon and in the Ninth Circuit.
Monthly Archives: May, 2012
Idaho update 5/31 (State: Privacy of executioners trumps media access)
From the Idaho Press-Tribune State: Privacy of executioners trumps media access Idaho prison officials said their efforts to protect the identity of execution team members and the privacy of the condemned … Continue reading
Arizona update 5/31 (Motion denied to watch executions by injection)
From AZ Central Motion denied to watch executions by injection Despite strong language from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and a 2002 appeals-court ruling, a federal judge in Phoenix … Continue reading
California update 5/29 (Convicted killer hangs himself on California’s death row)
From the Chicago Tribune Convicted killer hangs himself on California’s death row A convicted killer sentenced to death for the 1979 murder of a 13-year-old boy has hanged himself on California’s … Continue reading
40 Years from Furman Decision: Plan to Abolish the Death Penalty to Be Revealed
Jeff Ellis, Director of Oregon Capital Resource Center and nationally known death penalty defense attorney will be the featured speaker at the 2012 annual meeting of Oregonians for Alternatives to … 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
