DP9
A blog produced by the Oregon Justice Resource Center discussing the death penalty (capital punishment) in Oregon and in the Ninth Circuit.
Tag Archives: ACLU
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
40 Years After Furman
From the ACLU Forty Years after Furman: Still “Fastened to the Obsolete” We celebrate this day 40 years ago, when the Supreme Court, in Furman v. Georgia, declared the death penalty … Continue reading
Op-Ed: The Enduring Failure To Protect Against Racism
Twenty five years ago this week in a case entitled McCleskey v. Kemp, the United States Supreme Court was faced with disturbing proof that race influences who is sentenced to … Continue reading
VIDEO: Racial Justice Act case ruling
VIDEO: Racial Justice Act case ruling Supeior Court judge Greg Weeks vacated Marcus Robinson’s death sentence Friday after finding that prosecutors in his 1994 murder trial discriminated against black jurors. North … 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
