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Press Release: Ohio Execution Goes Badly

Submitted by OADP on Sat, 01/18/2014 - 2:53am
Ohio Execution Goes Badly

Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty wishes to express our deepest sympathy to the family of Joy Stewart who was senselessly murdered in 1989. Any murder is a terrible crime and as a society needs to be mourned.

The Death Penalty in 2013: Executions Drop Below 40 for Only Second Time since 1994

Submitted by OADPEditor on Sat, 12/21/2013 - 11:42pm
Executions Drop Below 40 for Only Second Time since 1994

THE DEATH PENALTY IN 2013: YEAR END REPORT by The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) - With 39 executions in 2013, this year marks only the second time in nearly two decades that the United States executed less than 40 people.

Salem Statesman Journal: Haugen verdict refocuses effort

Submitted by OADPEditor on Tue, 06/25/2013 - 4:42am
Gary Haugen appears in Marion County Circuit Court to pursue his request to reinstate his death sentence despite a reprieve from Gov. John Kitzhaber

Now that the Oregon Supreme Court upheld his reprieve of Gary Haugen’s death sentence, Gov. John Kitzhaber and others say they can proceed with a broader but politically difficult effort to abolish Oregon’s death penalty.

Oregon Supreme Court denies death row inmate Gary Haugen's bid for execution

Submitted by OADPEditor on Tue, 06/25/2013 - 4:37am
Oregon Supreme Court denies death row inmate Gary Haugen's bid for execution

Death row inmate Gary Haugen cannot legally force Gov. John Kitzhaber to carry out his execution, the Oregon Supreme Court decided Thursday.

Gary Haugen plea for execution: Don't let him over-rule governor, state warns

Submitted by OADP on Sat, 03/16/2013 - 8:13pm
Gary Haugen plea for execution- Don't let him over-rule governor

If Gary Haugen prevails in his bid to be executed, the Oregon Supreme Court would essentially be vesting the death-row inmate with authority greater than the constitutional power given to the governor, a lawyer for Gov. John Kitzhaber warned Thursday.

Salem-Journal: Sister Helen Prejean speaks out against the death penalty at Willamette

Submitted by OADP on Fri, 10/26/2012 - 7:21pm
Roman Catholic Sister Helen Prejean talks at Willamette University’s Cone Chapel

Roman Catholic Sister Helen Prejean tours the nation to speak against capital punishment, experiences that culminated in a Pulitzer-nominated book, “Dead Man Walking.” Tuesday night’s talk in Willamette University’s Cone Chapel marked the sister’s fourth visit to Oregon.

'Dead Man Walking' author Sr. Helen Prejean discusses death-penalty, repeal efforts

Submitted by OADP on Fri, 10/26/2012 - 7:16pm
Dead Man Walking author Helen Prejean discusses death penalty

Sister Helen Prejean, anti-death penalty advocate and author of Dead Man Walking, talks about Oregon's death row and the death penalty in general. In 1982, at the suggestion of a civil rights activist, Sister Helen Prejean wrote a letter to a man on Louisiana’s death row. Her correspondence with Patrick Sonnier, convicted of the murders of two teenagers, would lead Prejean into a life of challenging the death penalty and the morality of a legal system skewed against minorities and the poor.

Judge rules inmate Gary Haugen, seeking execution, has right to reject governor's reprieve

Submitted by OADP on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 4:04am
Death row inmate Gary Haugen won a legal battle

Death row inmate Gary Haugen won a legal battle Friday against Gov. John Kitzhaber when a judge ruled he could reject the governor's reprieve of his execution and move forward in his efforts to die by lethal injection. The opinion by Senior Judge Timothy P. Alexander is expected to initiate new adversarial proceedings between the prisoner who volunteered to die and the governor who had a change of heart about capital punishment.

The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death

Submitted by OADP on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 4:12am
Carlos DeLuna was executed for a crime he did not commit

A few years ago, Antonin Scalia, one of the nine justices on the US supreme court, made a bold statement. There has not been, he said, "a single case – not one – in which it is clear that a person was executed for a crime he did not commit. If such an event had occurred … the innocent's name would be shouted from the rooftops."

Marion County DA backs Gary Haugen's argument to override Kitzhaber on execution

Submitted by OADP on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 3:37am
Haugen's argument to override Kitzhaber on execution

Haugen has asked the Marion County Circuit Court to issue a new death warrant, saying he doesn't accept the reprieve, making it "legally ineffective." The Oregonian’s continuing coverage of Gary Haugen, an Oregon death row prisoner, wants to initiate the execution process. Gov. John Kitzhaber blocked his execution and all others in Oregon. Marion County District Attorney Walt Beglau said Monday that the two-time killer has a viable argument. "That's the legal issue that needs to be explored in a court of law. That really is the central issue."

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