Thursday, January 01, 2009

Oregon Supreme Court; Death Penalty Review?

Supreme Court justice suggests death penalty review

By Stephen Beaven - The Oregonian

Wednesday December 31, 2008, 1:58 PM

SALEM -- An Oregon Supreme Court justice urged her colleagues to review the constitutionality of the state's death penalty statute in a case decided Wednesday.
Justice Martha L. Walters wrote in a concurring opinion on a Portland case that the court should "consider our state's experience in imposing the death penalty and to examine its constitutionality anew."

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http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/oregon_supreme_court_justice_s.html

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