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A blog produced by the Oregon Justice Resource Center discussing the death penalty (capital punishment) in Oregon and in the Ninth Circuit.

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

April 17, 2013

Florida executes Larry Mann

Florida executed Larry Mann, 59, in Starke, Florida. Mann was pronounced dead at 7:19PM. He spent 32 years on death row and was one of the longest serving inmates on … Continue reading

April 10, 2013

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

March 25, 2013

Last Week in Capital Punishment 3/17 – 3/23

National Teva to Block Drug for U.S. Execution Use as Hospira Pressured (3/22) Repealing Maryland’s death penalty by Governor O’Malley (3/18) 9th Circuit Does the overturning of a death row case highlight … Continue reading

March 24, 2013

Number of People Executed in 2013

12 (as of 5/15/13)

Number of People Executed Since 1976

U.S.
1,332

Ninth Circuit States
71 (5.25%)

Number of People on Death Row in Ninth Circuit States (As of April, 2012)

Number of People on Death Row in Ninth Circuit States (As of October 1st, 2012)

Sourced total U.S. number from NAACP LDF, October 1, 2012.

994 (31.6% of U.S. death row population: 3,148)

Race of Defendant:
White: 426 (42.8%)
Black: 317 (31.9%)
Latino: 200 (20.1%)
Native American: 4 (0.4%)
Asian: 26 (2.6%)
Unknown: 21 (2.1%)

Gender:
Male: 970 (97.6%)
Female: 24 (2.4%)

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