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Capital punishment is one of two possible penalties for aggravated murder in the U.S. state of Oregon, with it being required by the Constitution of Oregon. [1]In November 2011, Governor John Kitzhaber announced a moratorium on executions in Oregon, canceling a planned execution and ordering a review of the death penalty system in the state. [2]
OSP was the site of death row in Oregon and contained the lethal injection chamber where prisoners were executed. [47] [48] Governor John Kitzhaber announced an official moratorium on executions in November 2011. [49] In May 2020, ODOC announced that the state will close its death row. [39]
The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2] Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions , the information may become outdated.
The Oregon Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional in 1981 and Oregon voters reinstated it in 1984, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. A list of inmates with death sentences ...
In Oregon's history the death penalty became law four times. On two occasions it was voted out of practice by Oregon citizens and once abolished by Oregon Supreme Court. Male death row inmates are held at Oregon State Penitentiary. Women on death row are held at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility until shortly
The Oregon Department of Transportation through its DMV division operates a call center inside the prison. [33] The Coffee Creek Quilters is an inmate program that teaches quilting. [34] They also have a garden used by inmates to raise crops. [35] As of 2011, the prison has a single cell for its death row. [36]
One month later he entered a not guilty plea and his lawyers filed motions to overturn Oregon's death penalty. [2] On September 11, 1996, Acremant pleaded guilty to the murders of Ellis and Abdill. On October 27, 1997, an Oregon jury sentenced Acremant to death by lethal injection for the murders of Roxanne Ellis and Michelle Abdill. [6]
In 2016, the convictions and sentences were upheld by the Oregon Supreme Court. [11] On December 13, 2022, Governor Kate Brown commuted the death sentences of Bruce and Joshua Turnidge to life without parole. Everyone else on Oregon's death row received the same commutation. [12]