Sunset in Downtown Portland Oregon.Credit: jbentley09/Adobe Stock Oregon Governor Commutes Sentences of Remaining Death Row Inmates, Seeks to Effectively End Executions
The move "reflects the recognition that the death penalty is immoral," said Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.
December 27, 2022 at 11:18 AM
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State and Local Government
Saying that the "death penalty is both dysfunctional and immoral," Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has commuted the sentences of the 17 people remaining on the state's death row, a continuation of efforts by state Democratic politicians to stop executions.
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