Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) on Tuesday commuted the sentences of all 17 people on the state’s death row, changing their punishment from execution to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Oregon voters put the death penalty into the Constitution when they were allowed to do so because of the U.S. Supreme Court and that people should take it out as opposed to a de facto repeal ...

Bryan Kohberger is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to all counts in the killings of four University of Idaho students, ...

The Oregon Death Penalty Cost Analysis report was funded by the Oregon Justice Resource Center, a Portland-based nonprofit, and written by Professor Aliza Kaplan from Lewis & Clark Law School, ...

Outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is commuting the sentences of all 17 people on death row to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, according to a news release Tuesday from her office.

Oregon’s death penalty history is complicated, with several rounds of back-and-forth on the issue. Oregonians have voted twice to ban the practice and twice to reinstate it, most recently in 1984. The ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi previously singled out the case as an example where federal prosectors could seek capital charges.

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband​ could bring about a form of punishment long ...

Gavin Newsom still has a year and a half left in office, but advocates are starting their call now for him to commute, or ...

Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon ... next mission is ending the death penalty ‘Broken beyond repair’: 150 executives including Sheryl ...

Minn. abolished the death penalty but Vance Boelter faces state and federal charges in Melissa Hortman's death so he may face ...