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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.

Last Week In Capital Punishment 3/4 – 3/10

Last Week In Capital Punishment 3/4 – 3/10

National News: Maryland Senate PASSES Repeal! (3/6) Ohio executes Frederick Treesh (3/6) Kirk Bloodsworth on the Colbert Report (3/5) News from the 9th Circuit Not taking freedom for granted (3/8) Washington update 3/8 (Supreme Court … Continue reading →

March 10, 2013
Wrongful Convictions Panel: What Went Wrong? 3/6 at Lewis & Clark Law School

Wrongful Convictions Panel: What Went Wrong? 3/6 at Lewis & Clark Law School

Since 1973, 142 people in 26 states have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. On average, the exonerated prisoner … Continue reading →

March 5, 2013
MICHAEL DeMOCKER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Damon Thibodeaux is embraced by attorney Barry Scheck as others laugh around him. He had just answered a reporter's question about how he felt with the one-word answer "free" during a press conference at Resurrection After Exoneration headquarters on St. Bernard Avenue. Thibodeaux was released from Angola Friday, September 28, 2012 after being exonerated in the 1996 rape and murder of 14-year-old Crystal Champagne under the Huey P. Long Bridge.

A 9th Innocent Inmate Escapes Death in Louisiana, by Amanda Bruen, Law Clerk, OJRC

On September 28, Damon Thibodeaux walked free from the Louisiana State Penitentiary after having been exonerated of the murder and rape of his 14-year-old cousin through a rare concerted effort … Continue reading →

October 2, 2012
Troy Davis

Remembering Troy Davis

The execution of an innocent man crystallizes in the most sickening way the vast systemic injustices that plague our death penalty system. No innocent person should ever be put to … Continue reading →

September 21, 2012

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Number of People Executed in 2013

15 (as of 6/12/13)

Number of People Executed Since 1976

U.S.
1,335

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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