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Capital Punishment in Oregon


List of Executions
Rule on Capital Punishment
List of Inmates on Death Row
Misc. Capital Punishment Facts
Capital Punishment in Oregon
History of Capital Punishment


List of Executions

List of Executions, 1904 - 1974 List of Executions occuring in Oregon from 1904 to 1974, with additional information.


Rule on Capital Punishment

Rule on Capital Punishment Describes the Oregon Department of Corrections responsibility according to the Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR).

List of Inmates on Death Row

Summary of Death Row Inmates
January 13, 2006

Inmate	State ID Number	DOB	County of Conviction	Crime/Sentence ( Inmate Currently Serving)	Begin Date
Acremant, Robert J.	11731803	5/9/68	Jackson	Aggravated Murder - Death (4 Counts) Kidnapping I - 180 Months (2 Counts) Robbery I - 90 Months	9/11/1996
Barone, Cesar	10422478	12/4/60	Washington	Attempted Sodomy I/36 Months (2 Counts) Attempted Rape I - 22 Months (2 Counts) Burglary I - 68 Months Burglary I - 130 Months (2 Counts) Burglary I - 72 Months (2 Counts) Burglary I - 36 Months (2 Counts) Burglary I - 90 Months Sex Abuse I - 36 Months Theft I - 12 Months Aggravated Murder - Death (6 Counts) Murder - 538 Months (2 Counts)	1/31/1995
Bowen, Gregory Allen	4659439	10/20/53	Curry	Aggravated Murder - Death (2 counts) Murder - 300 months Attempted Murder - 90 months Assault II - 70 months Kidnapping II - 70 months (2 counts) Coercion - 36 months (2 counts) Theft I - 6 months (4 counts)	4/18/2003
Compton, Jesse Caleb	12351178	12/31/76	Lane	Soliciting - 18 Months Attempted Escape I - 12 Months Aggravated Murder - Death Murder - Death Sexual Penetration I - 100 Months (2 Counts)	12/11/1997 11/5/1998
Cox, David Lee	6390901	11/17/64	Clackamas Multnomah Multnomah Clackamas Marion	Robbery I - 20 Years Robbery I - 30 Years Attempted Aggravated Murder - 240 Months Robbery I - 72 Months Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle - 6 Months Ex Con in Possession of a Weapon - 18 Months Attempted Assault I - 36 Months Burglary I - 144 Months Kidnapping II - 72 Months Robbery I - 144 Months Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle - 6 Months Supplying Contraband - 10 Months Aggravated Murder - Death Inmate in Possession of a Weapon - 24 Months	2/10/1987 6/9/1994 7/22/1994 5/7/1998 11/8/2000
Cunningham, Clinton W.	8902520	11/17/67	Douglas	Aggravated Murder - Death	10/28/1992
Davis, Michael	8949507	4/9/56	Multnomah	Aggravated Murder - Life Without Parole Aggravated Murder - Death	12/06/2005
Fanus, Jesse Stuart	12724162	6/2/79	Douglas	Aggravated Murder - Death (2 Counts) Murder - Death (3 Counts) Attempted Agg. Murder - 120 Months (2 Counts) Attempted Murder - 120 Months Robbery I - 90 Months Assault II - 70 Months Burglary I - 60 Months	5/19/1999
Gibson, Travis Lee	11296856	12/3/76	Lane	Aggravated Murder - Death (2 Counts) Murder - 300 Months Attempted Murder - 90 Months Assault I - 90 Months Robbery I - 90 Months Burglary I - 36 Months Ex Con in Possession of a Weapon - 36 Months	3/2/2001
Hale, Conan Wayne	11405546	12/28/75	Lane	Burglary I - (2 Counts) Theft I - (5 Counts) Mischief I - 6 Months Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle - 12 Months Kidnapping I - (5 Counts) Rape I - 100 Months Sodomy I - (2 Counts) Aggravated Murder - Death - (13 Counts) Attempted Rape I - 18 Months Sexual Penetration I - 100 Months Sex Abuse I - 75 Months	5/28/1998
Hayward, Michael J.	11125726	6/27/75	Lane	Aggravated Murder - Death (3 Counts) Murder - (3 Counts merged with agg. murder) Attempted Agg. Murder - 120 Months (2 Counts) Assault I - 60 Months Kidnapping I - 120 Months Robbery I - ( merged with agg. murder) Burglary I - (merged with agg. murder)	3 /4/1996
Johnson, Jesse Lee	11976798	2/5/61	Marion	Aggravated Murder - Death	3/31/2004
Johnson, Martin Allen	5410056	12/19/56	Washington	Aggravated Murder - Death (8 Counts)	8/23/2001
Langley, Robert P.	4595016	12/22/59	Marion	Aggravated Murder - Death (1 Count) Aggravated Murder - Life (14 Counts)	2/3/2006 10/17/2006
Longo, Christian M.	14509855	1/23/74	Lincoln	Aggravated Murder - Death (9 Counts)	4/18/2003
Lotches, Ernest N.	3649258	8/2/54	Multnomah	Assault III - 36 Months Aggravated Murder - Death (3 Counts) Attempted Agg. Murder - 60 Months Attempted Murder - 36 Months Assault I - 60 Months Robbery I - 36 Months Excon in Possession of a Weapon - 6 Months	5/4/1990 6/30/1993
McDonnell, Michael M.	4508058	10/06/51	Douglas	Aggravated Murder - Death	3/01/2002 (Orignal sentence began 04/08/88, new date a result of resentencing)
McNeely, Michael J.	4405485	3/31/56	Multnomah	Aggravated Murder - Death Abuse of a Corpse - 12 Months (2 Counts) Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle - 12 Months	11/21/1994
Montez, Marco A.	7195022	4/22/62	Multnomah	Arson I - 20 Years Abuse of a Corpse - 5 Years Aggravated Murder - Death (3 Counts)	6/9/1988 8/24/1992
Oatney, Billy Lee	12093943	3/12/62	Washington	Aggravated Murder - Death (8 Counts)	4/6/1998
Pinnell, Mark A.	2709590	6/12/48	Washington Clackamas Washington	Burglary I - 20 Years Robbery I - 20 Years Aggravated Murder - Death (8 Counts)	8/12/1977 3/4/1986 4/13/1992
Pratt, Jesse C.	7146442	7/4/34	Klamath	Aggravated Murder - Death (2 Counts)	4/18/1991
Reyes-Camarena, Alberto	11592035	6/30/55	Douglas	Aggravated Murder - Death (3 Counts) Robbery I - (merged with agg. murder)	1/21/1997
Rogers, Dayton LeRoy	3746005	9/30/53	Clackamas	Aggravated Murder - Death (13 Counts) Aggravated Murder -Life (1 Count)	3/7/2006 3/4/1998
Running, Eric Walter	5898220	1/3/51	Multnomah	Aggravated Murder - No Parole Aggravated Murder - Death Ex Con in Possession of a Weapon	8/11/2000
Simonsen, David L.	7471381	1/27/68	Coos	Aggravated Murder - Death (2 Counts)	2/27/1989
Sparks, Jeffery Dana	4776583	5/15/56	Marion Yamhill	Burglary I Aggravated Murder - Death (14 Counts)	2/23/11993 5/14/1999
Terry, Karl A.	10947474	9/29/73	Clackamas	Aggravated Murder - Death (2 Counts) Assault I - 240 Months	11/24/1995 4/23/1996
Thompson, Matthew D.	7804903	11/3/70	Multnomah	Assault II - 5 Years Aggravated Murder - Death (4 Counts) Murder - (4 Counts merged with agg. murder) Burglary I - (merged with agg. murder) Assault I - 260 Months (2 Counts) Robbery I - (merged with agg. murder)	11/20/1991 2/21/1996
Tiner, Jeffrey Dale	12004798	5/16/58	Lane	Aggravated Murder - Death (2 Counts) Murder - 25 Years Ex Con in Possession of a Weapon - 24 Months Abuse of a Corpse - 14 Months	5/18/2000
Williams, Jeffrey R.	5298112	6/30/61	Coos	Aggravated Murder - Death (2 Counts)	8/23/1993
Zweigart, Allen G.	12697041	5/26/49	Columbia	Aggravated Murder - Death Murder - Death Soliciting - Death (2 counts) Conspiracy - Death (2 counts) Robbery I - 90 Months Kidnapping II - 70 Months Conspiracy - 100 months (8 counts)	12/14/2004

Former Death Row Inmates with Vacated Sentences

Guzek, Randy L.

SID#: 7366534

DOB: 5/29/69

County of Conviction: Deschutes

Guzek´s sentence was overturned on March 4, 2004. He is expected to be returned to court for further action but will remain on Death Row until official notice is received from the court. Guzek is currently housed on Death Row.


Misc. Capital Punishment Facts

Chemicals used in procedure: Oregon Statute: "The punishment of death shall be inflicted by the intravenous administration of a lethal quantity of an ultra-short-acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical paralytic agent and potassium chloride or other equally effective substances sufficient to cause death." Sodium Pentothol (induces sleep) Pancuronium Bromide (stops breathing) Potassium Chloride (stops heart) Death Row: Death Row is located at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem Number of inmates sentenced to death as of 1-3-2006 is 32 Death Row is located in the Intensive Management Unit at Oregon State Penitentiary Click here for a list of inmates sentenced to death Demographics of Inmates Sentenced to Death: Ethnic Representation: 3 African American 2 Hispanic 1 Native American 26 White Average Age: 44 Oldest: Jesse Pratt (7/4/34) Youngest: Jesse Fanus (6/2/79) Longest continuously on death row: Jesse Pratt, admitted 5/2/91 Counties of Conviction: Lane 5 Multnomah 6 Washington 4 Douglas 4 Coos 2 Clackamas 2 Curry 1 Jackson 1 Klamath 1 Lincoln 1 Marion 3 Yamhill 1 Columbia 1


Capital Punishment in Oregon

Capital Punishment in Oregon Description of the execution process in Oregon, including the law and life on death row.


History of Capital Punishment

A Brief History of Capital Punishment in Oregon, 1864 - 1996 History of the evolution of Capital Punishment in Oregon.

Page updated: April 22, 2008

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