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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.

Oklahoma executes James Lewis DeRosa

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

June 18, 2013

Oklahoma executes Steven Ray Thacker

  Oklahoma executed Steven Ray Thacker, 42,  at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester; he was pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m local time. The execution of Thacker was Oklahoma’s 103rd since … Continue reading

March 12, 2013

Oklahoma executes George Ochoa

Oklahoma executed George Ochoa, 38, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester; he was pronounced dead at  6:07 p.m. CST. Mr. Ochoa is the 6th person executed this year in Oklahoma, the 41st … Continue reading

December 4, 2012

Oklahoma executes Garry Thomas Allen

Oklahoma executed Garry Thomas Allen, 56, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on 11/6/12; he was pronounced dead at  6:10 pm local time. Garry Thomas Allen is the 5th person executed … Continue reading

November 7, 2012

Number of People Executed in 2013

16 (as of 6/17/13)

Number of People Executed Since 1976

U.S.
1,336

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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