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Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson calls for death penalty repeal

Submitted by OADPEditor on Thu, 01/19/2017 - 5:55am
On Monday, January 16th, Washington’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson will call for legislation to end the state’s death penalty. He, along with former Washington A.G. Rob McKenna, will ascend the state Capitol steps in Olympia to ask  the members of the legislature to turn the current death penalty moratorium into a permanent change in the law. Repeal of the death penalty makes permanent in Washington would add to a growing discontent with the death penalty, by repealing the law as a failed public policy.

Cost to keep death penalty merits debate in Oregon: Oregonian Editorial

Submitted by OADPEditor on Wed, 12/07/2016 - 5:41am
Five years ago, former Gov. John Kitzhaber made an announcement that was as bold as it was surprising: His voice shaking with emotion, Kitzhaber declared that he would not allow any executions to take place as long as he was governor.  Learn More

OADP joins the call for commutation of death row.

Submitted by OADPEditor on Wed, 12/07/2016 - 4:58am

The mission of Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (OADP) is to repeal the death penalty in Oregon as an essential step toward a more cost-effective, Humane and restorative response to violent crime and thus toward safer, more peaceful and just communities.
OADP opposes the execution of any individual. To that end, OADP urges Governor Brown to exercise her clemency powers in the best interest of all Oregonians and commute all current death sentences.
OADP Board of Directors
PO Box 2765 Salem, OR 97308

Sentenced to Death For Life: Part II

Submitted by OADP on Mon, 11/14/2016 - 3:09am
Paul Demuniz

Oregon’s Costly and Penologically Ineffective Death Penalty Law
The second essay by Paul J. De Muniz and Lee N. Gilgan in this article series.
If you missed the first article you can read it here.

Oct. 17th Salem: A Conversation with the Superintendent

Submitted by OADPEditor on Wed, 09/28/2016 - 4:43pm

Frank Thompson, former superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary, has spoken with legislatures in Maryland and Nebraska; with governors in Colorado and Oregon; and was recently published in the New York Times. On Monday, Oct 17th at Salem’s Center 50+, citizens can have a conversation with him.

NY Times: What I Learned From Executing Two Men

Submitted by OADPEditor on Mon, 09/19/2016 - 3:23am
On 9/15/2016, Frank Thompson, the retired Superintendent of the Oregon State Prison and OADP board member, who oversaw the last executions in Oregon, wrote the following op-ed in the NY Times:   http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/opinion/sunday/what-i-learned-from-exe... Frank, a fellow member of the board for Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (OADP), has testified ha throughout the country supporting the abolition of the death penalty.  

Jack Sullivan Jr., Executive Director of MVFR, Keynote Speaker at OADP Annual Meeting June 22nd

Submitted by OADPEditor on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 3:01pm

Jack Sullivan Jr., Executive Director of Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation (MVFR)) will be the be the keynote Speaker at OADP Annual Meeting at The Madeleine Parish Hall in Portland on June 22nd. Jack Sullivan, Jr., is a native of Cleveland, OH. He is a racial justice activist, an ordained minister, and, of course, an advocate for the abolishment of the death penalty.

Death Row Chaplain Dale Recinella Speaks at Willamette University

Submitted by OADP on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 1:52pm

Death Row Chaplain Dale Recinella visited Oregon in March of 2016, making presentation in several cities, including in Salem at Willamette University. 

If what you see and hear make you feel very uncomfortable about the American death penalty, it may be time for you to do something about it. Join with Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty as we move toward repeal of the death penalty in Oregon.

Dayton Rogers Sentenced to Death

Submitted by OADP on Wed, 12/02/2015 - 12:36pm

Oregonians to pay millions more for an execution date that will never arrive
Opinion By Frank Thompson - Retired Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary

Ohio suspends all executions until 2017 as lethal injection drug runs out

Submitted by OADPEditor on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 12:05pm
Supplies of sodium thiopental and pentobarbital dry up as other states also forced into moratorium by botched procedures or legal challenges

Monday 19 October 2015 Ohio is putting off executions until at least 2017 as the state struggles to obtain supplies of lethal injection drugs, delaying capital punishment for a full two years, the prisons department has announced.

Ohio has run out of supplies of its previous drugs and has unsuccessfully sought new amounts, including so-far failed attempts to import chemicals from overseas. It is one of several states scrambling to obtain drugs for executions, since European pharmaceutical companies began blocking the use of their products in lethal injections.

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