Capital punishment in Oregon the gallows, "Did not your missionaries teach us that Christ died to save his people? So we die to save our people." Capital punishment was made explicitly legal by statute in 1864, and executions have been carried out exclusively at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem since 1904. The death penalty was outlawed between 1914 and 1920, again between 1964 and 1978, and then again between a 1981 Oregon Supreme Court ruling and a 1984 ballot measure. Oregon voters amended the Constitution in 1914, to repeal the death penalty, by a margin of 50.04%. The repeal was an initiative of
History of Oregon State Beavers football lead in front of 74,962 stunned Tiger fans in Baton Rouge. However, Oregon State's defense could not stop LSU's offense from responding with a 10-play, 80-yard drive. The Beavers lost 27-24. Oregon State would lose the nine remaining contests, the closest game a 23-0 loss to Washington State. Although Oregon State failed to capitalize on the momentum of the Fresno State victory, they staved off what might have been a 29-game losing streak, as the one win was sandwiched between two 14-game losing streaks. The win would remain the greatest comeback in college football history for a little more than