A blog produced by the Oregon Justice Resource Center discussing the death penalty (capital punishment) in Oregon and in the Ninth Circuit.
Thank you for supporting the DP9 blog. We will be working behind-the-scenes on the blog and will not be posting as regularly for the remainder of this month. For up-to-date … Continue reading
Oklahoma executed James Lewis DeRosa, 36, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester; he was pronounced dead 6:07 pm local time. DeRosa is the 2nd individual executed in Oklahoma this year. He … Continue reading
Texas executed Jeffrey Williams, 37 , in Huntsville, Texas. It is the state’s 498th post-Furman execution since 1982 and the 259th execution conducted under the administration of Rick Perry. Jeffrey Williams is the 6th … Continue reading
Texas executed Carroll Parr, 35 , in Huntsville, Texas. He was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m. CDT. It is the state’s 497th post-Furman execution since 1982 and the 258th execution conducted under the administration of … Continue reading