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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.

Ninth Circuit Update (March Edition)

Arizona STATE v. STEVEN JOHN PARKER Case Type: Automatic appeal for a sentence of death Case Number: CR-10-0196-AP Location: Maricopa County Date Opinion Issued: 03/13/13 Issue: Was Parker denied his right to a speedy … Continue reading

April 15, 2013

MARVIN WALKER V. MICHAEL MARTEL, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARVIN PETE WALKER, Petitioner-Appellee, v. MICHAEL MARTEL, Warden, Respondent-Appellant SUMMARY* Habeas Corpus/Death Penalty Opinion Oral Arguments The panel reversed the district court’s grant of a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus … Continue reading

March 7, 2013

Washington update 2/2 (Prosecutor to seek emergency review of decision barring death penalty in Carnation slayings)

From the Seattle Times Prosecutor to seek emergency review of decision barring death penalty in Carnation slayings The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will seek an emergency appellate review ofyesterday’s decision by a … Continue reading

February 2, 2013

Arizona executes Richard Dale Stokley

Arizona executed Richard Dale Stokley, 60, at a prison in Florence; he was pronounced dead at  11.12 am local time. The execution was scheduled at 10am today, however, the execution team ran … Continue reading

December 5, 2012

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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