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OREGON LAWMAKERS MULL BIG CHANGES TO DEATH PENALTY, NO ELECTION REQUIRED. Dec. 13, 2018 Oregon lawmakers and death penalty opponents are considering a roundabout approach at gutting the state’s capital Since 1984, the death penalty has been enshrined in the Oregon Constitution, meaning it can only be removed by a vote of the people. But under proposals being discussed by Rep. Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland, Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, and others, the policy could be largely dismantled next year via a vote of the Legislature. In the Executioner's Shadow, a film about justice, injustice, and the death penalty. Your help is needed to pas* a death penalty repeal of the Oregon constitution. Lance Mayhew (chair), Dr. Lynn Strand (vice chair), and Bruce Stock (secretary). Hosted by Dr. Emily Plec on October 4 at the Unitarian Universalist Church. How you can help to eliminate the Oregon death penalty in 2019. Meet RaeLynn Ricarte of the Dalles and Rabbi Debra Kolodny of Portland. Death Row is a lonely and isolating place, a simple letter can make a difference. Oregonians salute Washington and hope to abolish the death penalty soon. Capital punishment is now legal in Oregon. It has come and gone. 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. Oct. 11, 2018 AP Washington’s Supreme Court unanimously struck down the state’s death penalty Thursday, ruling that it had been used in Washington has had a moratorium on executions since 2014, but the ruling makes it the 20th state to do away with capital punishment by legislative act or court decree. The court converted the sentences of the eight people on Washington’s death row to life in prison.. OREGONIAN: IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF CONSCIENCE: JOHN KITZHABER'S DEATH PENALTY RECKONING. To cope with his dread, John Kitzhaber opened his leather-bound journal and began to write. It was a little past 9 on the morning of