/tags/death-penalty death penalty en-US Copyright Sat, 17 Dec 2022 13:47:07 GMT /law-and-justice/2022-12-17/former-head-of-oregon-prisons-wants-to-witness-dismantling-of-the-death-chamber Reacting to Governor Kate Brown’s commutation of all death row sentences, the man who oversaw Oregon’s last two executions– wants to witness the dismantling of the death chamber he built. Sat, 17 Dec 2022 13:47:07 GMT /law-and-justice/2022-12-17/former-head-of-oregon-prisons-wants-to-witness-dismantling-of-the-death-chamber Tiffany Eckert /politics-government/2022-09-25/oregon-governor-candidates-weigh-in-on-death-penalty In the race to be Oregon's next governor, the Democratic candidate says she’ll continue Oregon’s moratorium on capital punishment, while the Republican and unaffiliated candidates indicate they will revoke it, which could allow the state to resume executions. Sun, 25 Sep 2022 15:03:10 GMT /politics-government/2022-09-25/oregon-governor-candidates-weigh-in-on-death-penalty Conrad Wilson /law-and-justice/2021-10-08/oregon-supreme-court-ruling-could-end-death-sentences-for-many Death penalty opponents expect the Thursday ruling will overturn many of the state’s death sentences. Fri, 08 Oct 2021 12:47:45 GMT /law-and-justice/2021-10-08/oregon-supreme-court-ruling-could-end-death-sentences-for-many Conrad Wilson, Dirk VanderHart /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-10-04/california-votes-on-the-death-penalty-twice California went down this road before, and turned back. The last presidential election, in 2012, featured a vote to repeal the death penalty in the state.… Tue, 04 Oct 2016 17:35:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-10-04/california-votes-on-the-death-penalty-twice Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-10-04/ventsday-on-death-penalty VENTSday returns to the air this week, with an issue that always generates strong feelings: the death penalty. Capital punishment is still on the books in… Tue, 04 Oct 2016 17:29:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-10-04/ventsday-on-death-penalty Geoffrey Riley /show/as-it-was/2015-08-28/governors-campaign-fails-to-save-man-from-gallows An Oregon governor, who called capital punishment "a relic of the barbarous mediaeval [sic] ages of man," nevertheless refused to halt the hanging of a… Fri, 28 Aug 2015 21:45:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2015-08-28/governors-campaign-fails-to-save-man-from-gallows Lynda Demsher /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-06-17/ventsday-death-penalty-testing-opt-out Nebraska's legislature ended the death penalty in the state three weeks ago, touching off another debate about the use and value of executing criminals.… Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:10:20 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-06-17/ventsday-death-penalty-testing-opt-out Geoffrey Riley