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Donate to OADP 18 14 Russ Feingold It's just really tragic that after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years, we can't leave behind something as primitive as government sponsored execution. -Russ Feingold Aberon Waugh The main objection to killing people as a punishment...is that killing people is wrong. -Aberon Waugh Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. -Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun John Donne Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. -John Donne Helen Prejean Government... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of it's citizens to kill. -Sister Helen Prejean Death Penalty Facts The Marshall Project - The Next To Die Justice: Does Killing Convicted Murderers Provide Victims with Justice, Revenge or Retribution? Innocence and Mistakes: Have we had mistakes in Oregon? Murder Victim Families Against the Death Penalty Deterrence: Does the Death Penalty Prevent More Murders? What is the cost of the death penalty in Oregon? Death Penalty Facts - Public Safety OADP Death Penalty Facts - Religion and the Bible We the People Are the State of Oregon Alternatives to the Death Penalty in Oregon 13 Reasons to Oppose the Death Penalty in Oregon News & Press OADP Press and News Get Informed! Get Involved! Help us abolish the death penalty in Oregon. Donate to OADP Donate to OADP DPIC Releases Year End Report: Historic Declines in Use of Death Penalty in 2015 Submitted by OADPEditor on Thu, 12/17/2015 - 1:08pm December 16, 2015On December 16, DPIC released its annual report on the latest developments in capital punishment, "The Death Penalty in 2015: Year End Report." The death penalty declined by virtually every measure in 2015. 28 people were executed, the fewest since 1991. Death sentences dropped 33% from last year's historic low, with 49 people being sentenced to death this year. There have now been fewer death sentences imposed in the last decade than in the decade before the U.S. Supreme Court declared existing death penalty laws unconstitutional in 1972. 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Event Details Event: Death Penalty Discussion at the IKE Box Green Room Date: Monday, January 4, 2016 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm Location: The IKE Box Green Room 299 Cottage St NE 97301 Salem , OR See map: Google Maps IFRAME: //www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?locale=en_US&href=http%3A//www.oadp .org/events/death-penalty-discussion-jan-4th&send=false&layout=box_coun t&width=48&show_faces=true&action=like&colorscheme=light&font=&height=9 0&appId= Tweet * Read more about Death Penalty Discussion Jan 4th 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 IFRAME: //www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?locale=en_US&href=http%3A//www.oadp .org/alternatives/dayton-rogers-sentenced-to-death&send=false&layout=bu tton_count&width=88&show_faces=true&action=like&colorscheme=light&font= &height=21&appId= Tweet * Read more about Dayton Rogers Sentenced to Death December 2015 Update Newsletter Submitted by OADP on Mon, 11/30/2015 - 4:45pm [growth_sm.jpg] Investing in our growth and progress As we grow, the opportunities to do even more also present themselves. [criminal-justice_sm.jpg] Oregon's Justice Reinvestment Act and "Smart" Solutions for Criminal Justice Viable alternatives to the death penalty that work, are less costly, and bring life. [evangelical_sm.jpg] Evangelical shift show conservatives' concerns about the death penalty Fiscal and religious conservatives are moving away from DP support. [advisory-council_sm.jpg] Advisory Council valuable component in repeal efforts The Advisory Council is of enormous help as we strive to get on the ballot soon and repeal the Oregon death penalty for good. [new-board-member_sm.jpg] OADP adds new board member Francisco Lopez Lopez's community organizing and networking capabilities will be a welcomed addition to a board focused on repeal of the death penalty and alternatives that keep the public safe, while lifting up people in need of important social services. [Upcoming-Events_sm.jpg] Mark your calendar Florida's death row Chaplain, Dale Recinella, speaking in March 2016. [chris-geidner_sm.jpg] Things to see and to read Some good videos and articles: • An award-winning short film that looks at social issues including criminal justice; • The Marshall Project brings attention to executions and "The Next to Die"; • The death penalty abolition movement is coming out into the open through the 8th Amendment Project. [DPIC-news_sm.jpg] Additional national news from the DPIC Important news articles from the Death Penalty Information Center: • Battle Scars: Military Veterans and the Death Penalty; • Deadliest Prosecutors, Worst Defense Lawyers Linked to High Rates of Death Sentences in Heavy-Use Counties. * Read more about December 2015 Update Newsletter Evangelical Group Changes Long-Standing Position on Death Penalty as 66% of Americans Support Capital Punishment Submitted by OADPEditor on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 12:23pm Recognizing that "a growing number of evangelicals now call" for a shift away from the death penalty, the National Association of Evangelicals - an umbrella group for congregations representing millions of evangelical Christians in the United States - has backed away from its prior strong support for capital punishment. 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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. IFRAME: //www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?locale=en_US&href=http%3A//www.oadp .org/news/ohio-suspends-all-executions-until-2017-as-lethal-injection-d rug-runs-out&send=false&layout=button_count&width=88&show_faces=true&ac tion=like&colorscheme=light&font=&height=21&appId= Tweet * Read more about Ohio suspends all executions until 2017 as lethal injection drug runs out * Log in to post comments Pages * 1 * 2 * next › * last » Common Questions Does Oregon currently have the death penalty? Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Oregon. The first execution under the territorial government was in 1851. Capital punishment was made explicitly legal by statute in 1864, and executions have been carried out exclusively at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem since 1904. The death penalty was outlawed between 1914 and 1920, again between 1964 and 1978, and then again between a 1981 Oregon Supreme Court ruling and a 1984 ballot measure. Since 1904, about 60 individuals have been executed in Oregon. Aggravated murder is the only crime subject to the penalty of death under Oregon law. Is there anyone currently on death row in Oregon? Thirty-four people are currently on Oregon's death row. What is the method of execution in Oregon? The current method of execution in Oregon is lethal injection. Mission Statement 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. 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