By The FirstOregon Governor Kate Brown commuted the death sentences for the state’s entire death row population this week, with the order officially taking place this afternoon.
The measure applies to 17 inmates. No person in Oregon has been executed in 25 years.
“I have long believed that justice is not advanced by taking a life, and the state should not be in the business of executing people — even if a terrible crime placed them in prison,” Brown said in a statement.
“My hope is that this commutation will bring us a significant step closer to finality in these cases,” she said.
“Instead, it reflects the recognition that the death penalty is immoral,” she said. “It is an irreversible punishment that does not allow for correction; is wasteful of taxpayer dollars; does not make communities safer; and cannot be and never has been administered fairly and equitably.”
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