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: June 29, 2012
SCOTUS cases to watch for in 2012
Here are few criminal justice cases to watch for during the 2012 Supreme Court Term (From SCOTUSBlog): Bailey v. United States: Issue: Whether, pursuant to Michigan v. Summers, police officers may detain … Continue reading
Summary of 2011 Supreme Court Term
Excerpted from the ACLU Summary of the 2011 Supreme Court Term (see link for full report) *All cases are linked to the SCOTUSBlog case page. Eighth Amendment In Miller v. Alabama, 2012 … Continue reading
40 Years After Furman
From the ACLU Forty Years after Furman: Still “Fastened to the Obsolete” We celebrate this day 40 years ago, when the Supreme Court, in Furman v. Georgia, declared the death penalty … Continue reading
Previous Posts
- Under Construction
- Oklahoma executes James Lewis DeRosa
- Texas executes Elroy Chester
- Florida executes William Van Poyck
- Oral Argument: State of Oregon v. Michael Spencer Washington, Jr.(6/4/13)
- RONALD DEERE V. VINCE CULLEN (9th Circuit) 6/3/13
- California update 5/30 (California’s death penalty on hold again)
- Florida executes Elmer Carroll
- Nevada Update 5/29 (Death penalty audit clears Nev. Senate panel)
- Texas executes Jeffrey Demond Williams
