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 in Disciplinary Segregation 2 at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem
• Number of inmates sentenced to death as of 08-01-09 is 32
• 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: 45.5
• Oldest: Mark Pinnell (6/1948)
• Youngest: Jesse Fanus (6/1979)
• Longest continuously on death row: Mark Pinnell  (4/13/1992)
• Counties of Conviction:
  

  • Lane 5
  • Marion 5
  • Multnomah 5
  • Douglas 4
  • Washington 4
  • Coos 2
  • Clackamas 2
  • Columbia 1 
  • Curry 1
  • Jackson 1
  • Lincoln 1
  • Yamhill 1