Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said she is commuting the sentences of all the state's 17 inmates awaiting execution, saying their death sentences will be changed to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
— Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that she is commuting the sentences of all of the state's 17 inmates awaiting execution, saying their death sentences will be changed to life in prison without the possibility of parole.Brown, a Democrat with less than a month remaining in office, said she was using her executive clemency powers to commute the sentences and that her order will take effect on Wednesday.
"Gov. Brown has once again taken executive action with zero input from Oregonians and the Legislature," Breese-Iverson said in a statement."Her decisions do not consider the impact the victims and families will suffer in the months and years to come. Democrats have consistently chosen criminals over victims."
Oregon has not executed a prisoner since 1997. In Brown's first news conference after becoming governor in 2015, she announced she would continue the death penalty moratorium imposed by her predecessor, former Gov. John Kitzhaber. The prosecutors, in particular, objected to Brown's decision to allow 73 people convicted of murder, assault, rape and manslaughter while they were younger than 18 to apply for early release.
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