Facts of the Crime:

Ernest Lotches was sentenced to death for the 1992 murder of a security officer William Hall. 1) Lotches initiated a confrontation that triggered a chase through downtown Portland; 2) he shot an unarmed Portland Guide who was following him; 3) William Hall, an armed security officer, then exchanged gunfire with Lotches; 4) Lotches fled and tried to carjack a woman and her nine-year-old grandson at gunpoint; 5) he then shot and killed Hall, who had continued to pursue him; 6) uninjured, Lotches fled again and carjacked a truck at gunpoint; 7) when a police officer caught up to him, he shot at that officer and finally, when surrounded by armed police officers, he surrendered.