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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 (1/20 – 1/26)

By Jake Brooks, OJRC Research Assistant Last week the King County Bar Association passed a resolution that supports the repeal of Washington’s Death Penalty. PolitiFact verified Governor Kitzhaber’s statement that … Continue reading

January 28, 2013

Last week in capital punishment 5/15 – 5/21

Stories from the  week 5/15 – 5/21 **The National Registry of Exonerations** How America’s death penalty murders innocents (5/21) Idaho update 5/21 (Idaho switches execution protocol to single-drug lethal injection) (5/21) Montana update … Continue reading

May 22, 2012

This week in capital punishment (4/29 – 5/5)

This week in capital punishment (4/29 – 5/5) OADP screening “Race to Execution” in Salem (5/5) Texas Lawman to High Court: DNA Testing “Frivolous” in Death Penalty Case (5/4) One minute changed his … Continue reading

May 6, 2012

This week in capital punishment (4/22– 4/28)

This week in capital punishment (4/22-4/28) Conn. death penalty repeal to stir challenges (4/28) The Myth of Deterrence (4/28)   Brown orders consideration of single-drug execution method (4/27) Oregon Commission on … Continue reading

April 28, 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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