Oregon Legal Research Blog13 were Caucasian and one was Hispanic. Two of the last four men to suffer the death penalty chose hanging, the last being Charles Campbell in 1995.…… Spenser, the young…
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Capital Punishment: Race, Poverty, and Disadvantage—Free Online Course
…with regard to the imposition of the death penalty…. There are 40 videos, ranging from 18 to 45 minutes…. that’s a lot of instruction from one of the nation’s leading…
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Oregon Supreme Court: Haugen v. Kitzhaber: Death Row Inmate Right to Reject Clemency? Right to Die?
…Constitution…. The Court noted, however, that the United States Supreme Court has not concluded that the uncertainty accompanying time on death row constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. ….” [Read the…
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Oregon Governor Kitzhaber Halts “Voluntary” Execution
his death penalty appeals cease and that the state proceed with his execution. Oregonian story: “ Gov. John Kitzhaber stops executions in Oregon, calls system ‘compromised and inequitable’…
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Death, History, Law, Experience (book)
…watchdog about the (often shady) history of the death trade; he hears how songwriter David Bazan lost his faith while trying to hold on to his family; he learns about…
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Oregon Justice Resource Center
…of civil liberties and civil rights matters, including but not limited to the death penalty, immigrant rights, and unfair procedural barriers to the courts. Donate to the OJRC….” [Link to…
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Oregon Death with Dignity Law in Action
…so she could have access to Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act, which has been in place since late 1997. Since then, 1,173 people have had prescriptions written under the act,…
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Oregon’s Reluctant Executioner (BBC News Outlook)
Radio doesn’t get any better than BBC’s World Service program Outlook. Listen to the “The Reluctant Death Row Executioner” episode as Frank Thompson, formerly in charge of the Oregon…
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John Doe, Operation Death Match, and the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
…data search of passport applications against the names and identifications of deceased citizens. The ongoing probe, known as Operation Death Match, spit out the name Jason Robert Evers, which ultimately…
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Anatomy of a Wrongful Execution: You Decide.
The Columbia Human Rights Law Review (publisher of the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual) presents the evidence in its website publication of: “An Anatomy of a Wrongful Execution,” including…