Entries tagged with “Gov. Kate Brown”
Facts & Research
New Voices
,Feb 21, 2023
NEW PODCAST: Former Prison Superintendent Frank Thompson on How Executions Affect Corrections Officers
In the February 2023 edition of Discussions with DPIC, former Oregon Superintendent of Prisons Frank Thompson speaks with DPIC Managing Director Anne Holsinger about how his experiences as a corrections officer — as well as being a murder victim’s family member — have affected his views on capital punishment. Thompson oversaw the only two executions performed in Oregon in the past 50 years and was responsible for developing the execution protocol. He said the process of performing…
Facts & Research
Clemency
,Dec 14, 2022
Gov. Kate Brown Commutes the Sentences of Oregon’s 17 Death-Row Prisoners
Calling the death penalty “both dysfunctional and immoral,” Oregon Governor Kate Brown (pictured) has commuted the death sentences of the 17 prisoners on the state’s death row. The commutations, which the governor announced on December 13, 2022, went into effect December 14 and resentenced the prisoners to life without…