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8 Dec 2016, 6:27 pm by Laura Orr
Listen to the “The Reluctant Death Row Executioner” episode as Frank Thompson, formerly in charge of the Oregon State Penitentiary, speaks to BBC’s Matthew Banister, about what executions do to the people who have to plan, drill, and carry out those executions. [read post]
8 Dec 2016, 6:27 pm by Laura Orr
Listen to the “The Reluctant Death Row Executioner” episode as Frank Thompson, formerly in charge of the Oregon State Penitentiary, speaks to BBC’s Matthew Banister, about what executions do to the people who have to plan, drill, and carry out those executions. [read post]
18 Sep 2016, 8:42 pm
"What I Learned From Executing Two Men": Semon Frank Thompson, former superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary, has this essay in the SundayReview section of today's edition of The New York Times. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 2:34 pm by Matthew D. Kaplan
The state penitentiary “was leased to a private company… Since this concept was becoming very popular nationwide, Oregon’s legislature approved the experiment. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 2:34 pm by Matthew D. Kaplan
The state penitentiary “was leased to a private company… Since this concept was becoming very popular nationwide, Oregon’s legislature approved the experiment. [read post]
17 Jan 2012, 9:35 am by Steve Hall
A former state penitentiary warden who oversaw the last two inmate executions in this state has joined an advocacy group determined to repeal Oregon's death penalty. [read post]
26 Oct 2009, 1:55 am
Morrisette said he expected a flurry of proposals in the Legislature, including a plan already floated to have the state grow the marijuana crop itself, perhaps on the grounds of the State Penitentiary in Salem. [read post]
24 Feb 2014, 10:54 am by Laura Orr
(The Oregon State Bar has a public website where you can check to make sure the lawyer is licensed to practice law in Oregon.) [read post]
24 Feb 2014, 10:54 am by Laura Orr
(The Oregon State Bar has a public website where you can check to make sure the lawyer is licensed to practice law in Oregon.) [read post]
20 Dec 2011, 1:07 pm by Steve Hall
It's one piece of more than $1.3 million the state has spent since 2007 in trying to put Haugen to death for killing fellow inmate David Polin at the Oregon State Penitentiary. [read post]
23 Aug 2014, 3:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Grits doesn't track adult prison design issues much anymore, mainly because I want the state of Texas to tear down prisons, not build new ones. [read post]
21 Nov 2011, 9:47 am by Steve Hall
Oregon State Penitentiary Superintendent Jeff Premo traveled to Texas and Oklahoma to observe preparations, and he oversaw two recent practice runs in Oregon. [read post]
19 Jan 2022, 12:46 pm by Matthew D. Kaplan
According to a Salem Statesman Journal report, it started with an Oregon State Penitentiary inmate who reported experiencing intestinal problems. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 12:15 pm by Steve Hall
A trial run of an execution at the Oregon State Penitentiary on Tuesday went smoothly and allowed staff to practice in the event that death-row inmate Gary Haugen is scheduled to be put to death, according to the state corrections department. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 10:51 am by Steve Hall
State corrections officials today conducted a practice run of a lethal injection at the Oregon State Penitentiary to prepare for the possible execution of death row inmate Gary Haugen. [read post]
4 Aug 2012, 9:32 am by Steve Hall
John Kitzhaber.But Haugen’s execution by lethal injection at the Oregon State Penitentiary isn’t imminent.A judge ruled that Haugen has a legal right to reject the reprieve Kitzhaber ordered, but a separate hearing is required to set a new date for an execution. [read post]
14 Jun 2009, 9:23 am
The question in the title of this post is inspired by this notable op-ed piece from a local Oregon paper, which is headlined "State is wasting money on death-row health care. [read post]