Oregon governor commutes all 17 of the state's death sentences

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "My hope is that this commutation will bring us a significant step closer to finality in these cases."Read more on Sky News:Biden signs law to protect same-sex marriagesSevere storms bring tornadoes to USLast year, Virginia became the most recent state to legislatively abolish the practice, opting instead for a sentence of life imprisonment with no possibility for parole, data from the National Conference of State Legislatures reveals.
44% : The death penalty was first legalised in Oregon in the 19th century, but it has been abolished and reinstated three times since then.
42% :Oregon's governor has said she is commuting the sentences of all the state's 17 inmates awaiting execution on death row.
40% : She said the commutations were consistent with a moratorium on the death penalty that Governor John Kitzhaber, a Democrat, initiated in 2011.
38% :"Instead, it reflects the recognition that the death penalty is immoral".
21% : She criticised capital punishment in a statement, saying the death penalty "cannot be and never has been administered fairly and equitably".
9% : Kate Brown criticised capital punishment, saying the death penalty "cannot be and never has been administered fairly and equitably".

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