USA - Oregon. The House passed HB 3268 to limit future application of the death penalty

The House passed an amended version of HB 3268 by a vote of 33-26. HB 3268 and SB 1013 would redefine aggravated murder to limit future application of the death penalty to certain acts of terrorism resulting in the deaths of two or more people and murder of a victim under 14 years old, and resentence those currently on death row to terms of life imprisonment without possibility of parole. The House Rules Committee adopted an amendment on June 18 that added murder of a police officer or other law enforcement official as a capital crime.