![]() In Oregon, prosecutors from some counties are more likely to pursue the death penalty than others are. Those who kill whites are more likely to be sentenced to die than those who kill African-Americans. Race and place determine who lives and who dies. To execute an innocent person is morally reprehensible this is a risk we cannot take. In Missouri, Texas and Virginia investigations have been opened to determine if those states executed innocent men. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, 138 innocent men and women have been released from death row, including some who came within minutes of execution. The death penalty puts innocent lives at risk. ![]() There are currently over 121 people in Oregon who have received this sentence. In Oregon, we have the option of sentencing convicted murderers to life in prison without the possibility of parole. There is a better alternative: life without parole. ![]()
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