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In case you missed it over the holidays, Stephen Beaven of The Oregonian reports that state Supreme Court Justice Martha Walters wants her colleagues to review the constitutionality of Oregon’s death-penalty statute.

For a primer on how much money the state spends pursuing capital punishment; why only death-row inmates who volunteer for execution actually get put to death under the 24-year-old law; and why just about everyone who cares about the issue on either side is unhappy with capital punishment in Oregon, we humbly suggest the Supreme Court justices start their review here.

And as we reported in a follow-up Murmur, Walters isn’t the only person seeking a possible change in the law this year.

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