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Year of Reenactment
(since 1972 suspension) |
1978 | |
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Year of First Execution
(since reenactment) |
1996 | |
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History
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1874-1913: hanging |
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Current Method
|
Lethal injection | |
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Oregon has life without parole. A jury decides the sentence. The governor has sole authority to grant clemency.
Oregon's last execution took place in 1997. In 2011, Governor John Kitzhaber declared a moratorium on all executions until the end of his term. He urged the legislature to consider abolition of the death penalty.