DP9
A blog produced by the Oregon Justice Resource Center discussing the death penalty (capital punishment) in Oregon and in the Ninth Circuit.
Category Archives: Death Penalty General
Texas executes Ronnie Threadgill
Texas executed Ronnie Threadgill, 40, in Huntsville, Texas. He was pronounced dead at 6:39 p.m. CDT. He is the thirteenth person executed in Texas under a lethal injection procedure that uses one drug … Continue reading
Ninth Circuit Update (March Edition)
Arizona STATE v. STEVEN JOHN PARKER Case Type: Automatic appeal for a sentence of death Case Number: CR-10-0196-AP Location: Maricopa County Date Opinion Issued: 03/13/13 Issue: Was Parker denied his right to a speedy … Continue reading
Nevada update 3/25 (Bill seeks audit of death penalty costs)
From the AP – Nevada lawmakers are trying again to study the costs of the death penalty. AB444 was introduced Monday. It requires the legislative auditor to report on the … Continue reading
KEVIN MILES V. CHARLES RYAN (ORDER AND AMENDED OPINION) 3/25
SUMMARY (prepared by the 9th Circuit) Opinion Oral Argument The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging a capital sentence for felony … 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
