SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld a Marion County jury’s decision to sentence a former Eugene man to death row for murdering a fellow inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem in 2003.
The Register-Guard newspaper says 35-year-old Jason Van Brumwell may now ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the death sentence he received for killing inmate David Polin.
The Oregon high court ruled Friday.
Brumwell was previously spared the death penalty in a Eugene murder case that initially landed him in state prison in 1996. The newspaper says Lane County jurors sentenced Brumwell to life in prison for his participation in the murder of a store clerk.
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Information from: The Register-Guard, http://www.registerguard.com
