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(Another interesting claim in that column, that bears further research: Duin says that since the death penalty was reinstated in 1984, only inmates who have volunteered have been executed.)

-Pete (talk) 19:08, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

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As of 1999 there were 24 inmates on Oregon's death row, found guilty of 78 counts of aggravated murder.

  • Duin, Steve. "Blot their names from the book", The Oregonian, April 8, 1999. 

[edit] some stats from 1999 from Oregonian

OREGON CASES EXECUTIONS INMATES ON THE NET March 10, 1999 OREGON CASES

-- Total inmates on Death Row: 23

-- Minimum age to receive the death penalty: 18

-- Method of execution: injection

-- Date the death penalty was reinstated: Dec. 7, 1978

-- The governor has sole authority to grant clemency.

EXECUTIONS

Oregon inmates executed since reinstatement of the death penalty:

-- Sept. 6, 1996: Douglas F. Wright, who had sought execution since 1991 when he was arrested in the slayings of four homeless men found slain in a remote part of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. He was tried in Wasco County Circuit Court in 1993 and found guilty of aggravated murder for killing William Davis, 37; William Marks, 23; and Anthony Barker, 27. He was awaiting trial in federal court in the death of the fourth man, Anthony Nelson, 31.

-- May 16, 1997: Harry Charles Moore, who was convicted of killing his half-sister and her former husband. He threatened to sue anyone who tried to stop his execution. Moore said he had killed his relatives because he thought they would move to Las Vegas with one of his estranged wives and his infant daughter and expose them to a life of prostitution and drugs.

INMATES

The men on Death Row and their victims:

-- Robert J. Acremant, 1995 killings of Roxanne Ellis and Michelle Abdill of Medford

-- Cesar Barone, 1991-92 killings of Margaret H. Schmidt, 61, of Hillsboro; Chantee E. Woodman, 23, of Portland; Martha B. Bryant of Portland

-- Jesse Caleb Compton, 1997 killing of 3-year-old Tesslynn O'Cull of Springfield.

-- Clinton W. Cunningham, 1991 killing of Shannon Faith, 19, of Vancouver, British Columbia

-- Randy L. Guzek, 1987 slaying of Rod and Lois Houser of Terrebonne

-- Conan Wayne Hale, 1995 killings near Springfield of Kristal Rene Bendele, 15; Brandon Mathew Williams, 15; and Patrick Michael Finley, 13

-- Scott D. Harberts, 1989 killing of 2-year-old Kristina L. Hornych, Oregon City

-- Michael J. Hayward, 1994 slaying of Frances Elaine Wall, 28, Eugene

-- Robert P. Langley, 1988 beating death of Larry Richard Rockenbrant, 24, Salem; in 1989, he also was sentenced to die for the death of Anne Louise Gray, 39

-- Ernest N. Lotches, 1992 shooting of security guard William G. Hall, 33, Portland

-- Michael M. McDonnell, 1984 stabbing death of Joey B. Keever, 19, near Yoncalla

-- Michael J. McNeely, 1993 killing of Suzanne Marie Hill, 24, Portland

-- Marco A. Montez, 1987 slaying of Candice P. Straub, 26, in a Portland motel room

-- Billy Lee Oatney, 1996 slaying of Susi Larsen, 34, of Lake Oswego

-- Mark A. Pinnell, 1985 slaying of John Wallace Ruffner, 65, Hillsboro

-- Jesse C. Pratt, 1986 slaying of Carrie L. Love, 20, near Chemult

-- Alberto Reyes-Camarena, 1995 killing of Maria Zetina of Mexico

-- Dayton L. Rogers, 1987 slayings of seven prostitutes; case was dubbed the Molalla Forest Murders

-- David L. Simonsen, 1988 killings of two German tourists, Kathrin Reith, 22, and Unna Tuxen, 24

-- Randall L. Smith, 1990 slaying of Kathy Demarest, 40, during a Sherwood bank robbery

-- Karl A. Terry, 1994 deaths of Jeffry Brown, 23, and Dale Brown, 22, at Eagle Park

-- Matthew D. Thompson, 1994 stabbing death of Andrew McDonald, 32, in Portland

-- Jeffrey R. Williams, convicted as Simonsen's accomplice

ON THE NET

Here are several Web sites containing more information:

-- Oregon Department of Corrections: http://www.doc.state.or.us/public

-- Death Penalty Information Center: http://www.essential.org/dpic

-- Oregon Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ocadp/

Sources: Oregon Department of Corrections; The Oregonian files Caption: Color photo -- DOUGLAS F. WRIGHT