PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon could execute its first death row inmate in 14 years this summer.
The Oregonian reports 49-year-old Gary Haugen has written officials that he wants to drop any appeals of his death sentence. A death warrant hearing is scheduled Friday in Marion County Circuit Court.
Department of Corrections spokeswoman Jeanine Hohn says it has been notified and has obtained the drugs necessary for a lethal injection at the Oregon State Penitentiary.
Haugen was already in prison for a 1981 murder when he was convicted in 2003 of killing another prisoner.
