Oregon


State update

Link to Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Link to death penalty statute

Chapter 163.150

Link to execution statute

Chapter 137.473

Date death penalty reenacted

December 7, 1978

Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?

No

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

Salem

Clemency process

Governor has sole authority to grant clemency

Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)

Executions in Oregon take place at 12 am

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

0

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973

N/A



Execution Method

Lethal Injection

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 2


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