163.090); repealed by 1971 c.743 �432] ����� 163.095 �Aggravated murder� defined. As used in ORS 163.105 and this section, �aggravated murder� means: ����� (1) Criminal homicide of two or more pe

163.090); repealed by 1971 c.743 �432]

����� 163.095 �Aggravated murder� defined. As used in ORS 163.105 and this section, �aggravated murder� means:

����� (1) Criminal homicide of two or more persons that is premeditated and committed intentionally and with the intent to:

����� (a) Intimidate, injure or coerce a civilian population;

����� (b) Influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or

����� (c) Affect the conduct of a government through destruction of property, murder, kidnapping or aircraft piracy; or

����� (2) Murder in the second degree, as defined in ORS 163.115, that is:

����� (a)(A) Committed while the defendant was confined in a state, county or municipal penal or correctional facility or was otherwise in custody; and

����� (B) Committed after the defendant was previously convicted in any jurisdiction of any homicide, the elements of which constitute the crime of aggravated murder under this section or murder in the first degree under ORS 163.107;

����� (b) Premeditated and committed intentionally against a person under 14 years of age;

����� (c) Premeditated, committed intentionally against a police officer as defined in ORS 801.395, and related to the performance of the victim�s official duties; or

����� (d) Premeditated, committed intentionally against a correctional, parole and probation officer or other person charged with the duty of custody, control or supervision of convicted persons, and related to the performance of the victim�s official duties. [1977 c.370 �1; 1981 c.873 �1; 1991 c.742 �13; 1991 c.837 �12; 1993 c.185 �20; 1993 c.623 �2; 1997 c.850 �1; 2005 c.264 �17; 2012 c.54 �26; 2015 c.614 �149; 2019 c.635 �1]

����� 163.098 [2014 c.73 �5; 2019 c.635 �17; renumbered 163.109 in 2019]

����� 163.100 [Amended by 1967 c.372 �12; repealed by 1971 c.743 �432]

����� 163.103 [1981 c.873 �3; 2019 c.635 �18; renumbered 163.111 in 2019]

����� 163.105 Sentencing options for aggravated murder. Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS chapter 144 and ORS 421.450 to 421.490:

����� (1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 137.707, when a defendant is convicted of aggravated murder as defined by ORS 163.095, the defendant shall be sentenced, pursuant to ORS 163.150, to death, life imprisonment without the possibility of release or parole or life imprisonment.

����� (b) A person sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of release or parole under this section shall not have that sentence suspended, deferred or commuted by any judicial officer, and the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision may not parole the prisoner nor reduce the period of confinement in any manner whatsoever. The Department of Corrections or any executive official may not permit the prisoner to participate in any sort of release or furlough program.

����� (c) If sentenced to life imprisonment, the court shall order that the defendant shall be confined for a minimum of 30 years without possibility of parole or release to post-prison supervision except as provided in ORS 144.397, and without the possibility of release on work release or any form of temporary leave or employment at a forest or work camp.

����� (2) At any time after completion of a minimum period of confinement pursuant to subsection (1)(c) of this section, the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision, upon the petition of a prisoner so confined, shall hold a hearing to determine if the prisoner is likely to be rehabilitated within a reasonable period of time. The sole issue is whether or not the prisoner is likely to be rehabilitated within a reasonable period of time. At the hearing, the prisoner has:

����� (a) The burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence the likelihood of rehabilitation within a reasonable period of time;

����� (b) The right, if the prisoner is without sufficient funds to employ an attorney, to be represented by legal counsel, appointed by the board, at board expense; and

����� (c) The right to a subpoena upon a showing of the general relevance and reasonable scope of the evidence sought, provided that any subpoena issued on behalf of the prisoner must be issued by the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision pursuant to rules adopted by the board.

����� (3) If, upon hearing all of the evidence, the board, upon a unanimous vote of three board members or, if the chairperson requires all voting members to participate, a unanimous vote of all voting members, finds that the prisoner is capable of rehabilitation and that the terms of the prisoner�s confinement should be changed to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole, release to post-prison supervision or work release, it shall enter an order to that effect and the order shall convert the terms of the prisoner�s confinement to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole, release to post-prison supervision or work release and may set a release date. Otherwise the board shall deny the relief sought in the petition.

����� (4) If the board denies the relief sought in the petition, the board shall determine the date of the subsequent hearing, and the prisoner may petition for an interim hearing, in accordance with ORS 144.285.

����� (5) The board�s final order shall be accompanied by findings of fact and conclusions of law. The findings of fact shall consist of a concise statement of the underlying facts supporting the findings as to each contested issue of fact and as to each ultimate fact required to support the board�s order. [1977 c.370 �2; 1981 c.873 �4; 1985 c.3 �1; 1987 c.158 �23; 1987 c.803 �20; 1989 c.720 �1; 1991 c.126 �8; 1995 c.421 �2; 1999 c.59 �31; 1999 c.782 �5; 2007 c.717 �1; 2009 c.660 �6; 2015 c.820 �45; 2019 c.634 �27]

����� 163.107 Murder in the first degree; sentence of life imprisonment required; minimum term. (1) �Murder in the first degree� means murder in the second degree as defined in ORS 163.115 which is committed under, or accompanied by, any of the following circumstances:

����� (a) The defendant committed the murder pursuant to an agreement that the defendant receive money or other thing of value for committing the murder.

����� (b) The defendant solicited another to commit the murder and paid or agreed to pay the person money or other thing of value for committing the murder.

����� (c) The defendant committed murder after having been convicted previously in any jurisdiction of any homicide, the elements of which constitute the crime of aggravated murder as defined in ORS 163.095, murder in the first degree under this section, murder in the second degree as defined in ORS 163.115 or manslaughter in the first degree as defined in ORS 163.118.

����� (d) There was more than one murder victim in the same criminal episode as defined in ORS