"The Death Penalty Is Immoral": Oregon Governor Commutes All Death Row Sentences

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "We send our deep gratitude to Gov. Kate Brown for taking another vital step toward eliminating the death penalty in Oregon and across the country," said Jamila Hodge, executive director of Equal Justice U.S.A., in a statement.
47% : Research has continually found that the death penalty does not prevent crime, and advocates say the resources that are spent on death row would be better spent supporting real crime prevention methods of rehabilitation and community investment.
42% : All 17 of the people awaiting the death penalty in the state will now be sentenced to life in prison without parole, otherwise known as death by incarceration.
41% : "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."Not only is the death penalty cruel and a racist relic of slavery and segregation, it has also been shown to be ineffective at its purported goal.
38% : Brown, a Democrat, said that the death penalty is "both dysfunctional and immoral."
36% : The death penalty is an inhumane punishment that activists have long sought to end entirely.
36% : Just 27 states as well as the federal government use the death penalty as a punishment, with moratoriums in three states, including Oregon.
26% : Outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced this week that she is commuting the death sentences of every person on death row in the state as one of her final acts in office, citing the cruelty of the death penalty.
23% : The governor's decision "reflects the recognition that the death penalty is immoral," Brown said.

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