Jason Brumwell – white, age 28

Sentenced to death in Marion County, Oregon
By: A jury
Date of crime: September 2003
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Brumwell and co-defendant Gary Haugen were convicted of killing fellow prisoner David Polin by using home made knives and a large steel screw. Polin’s skull had been crushed and he had 84 stab wounds. The murder was motivated by clashes over prison drug deals. Jurors saw gruesome autopsy photos, listened to testimony about prison drug dealing and heard convicts and corrections officers describe the harsh prison culture. The defense argued that Polin had many enemies in prison because he was known as an unreliable supplier of drugs. Brumwell had been convicted of aggravated murder that resulted from a robbery and killing in April 1994 at a West Eugene convenience store.
Prosecutor(s): Don Abar
Defense lawyer(s): Mark Brownlee, Steven Krasik
Sources: AP Alert-Oregon 4/14/07 23:03:58; www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_032907_news_inmate_killed.10c8bac8.html http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:PoIcGRc7D5MJ:cellar.org/showthread.php
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David+Polin&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=us; www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8N8N1NO3.html

Gary Haugen – white, age 42

Sentenced to death in Marion County, Oregon
By: A jury
Date of crime: September 2003
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Haugen and co-defendant Jason Brumwell were convicted of killing fellow prisoner David Polin by using home made knives and a large steel screw. Polin’s skull had been crushed and he had 84 stab wounds. Haugen killed Polin while serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of Mary Archer. The defense questioned the jury about killing an individual who is mentally ill and made note of the medication that Haugen was currently taking. The defense also noted the obscenities in Haugen’s testimony and equivocated Haugen’s provocation to an attempted suicide by inciting the emotions of the jury to sentence him to death. The prosecution argued that Haugen has not undergone any transformation in two decades behind bars and thus remains a threat, even behind bars. Haugen had been convicted of aggravated murder in 1981 in Multnomah County for killing the mother of his ex-girlfriend at her Northeast Portland home.
Prosecutor(s): Don Abar
Defense lawyer(s): Steve Gorham
Sources: AP Alert-OR 3/29/07 08:42:01, 3/30/07 07:57:32, http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:PoIcGRc7D5MJ:cellar.org/showthread.php
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