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