Outgoing Oregon Governor Kate Brown Commutes All Death Row Sentences
December 14, 2022 | Oregon
Outgoing Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) commuted all death row sentences on Tuesday.
Kate Brown commuted sentences of 17 people on death row.
Democrat Tina Kotek won the governor’s race in the 2022 election and will take office in January.
NBC reported:
Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced plans Tuesday to commute the sentences of the 17 people on Oregon’s death row to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, likely using her executive clemency powers for the last time as governor.
In a statement, Brown criticized the practice of capital punishment, saying the death penalty “cannot be and never has been administered fairly and equitably.”… (Excerpt from Gateway Pundit)
