The House of Delegates voted to ban capital punishment on Friday. They voted 82 to 56 on the bill that has been passed by the senate. It will
Since 2006, the death penalty has been put on hold due to charges of administering the lethal injection incorrectly. Since that time, capital punishment has been engaged in
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber declared the state's death penalty system "compromised and inequitable," and said it will not happen again during his tenure in office. The Democratic governor
