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GoPointers t1_j09p7vh wrote

Reply to comment by lessquiet in Oregon governor commutes all 17 of state's death sentences by Slavic_Dusa

I do want to add that Kate Brown was not elected to her first term. She was secretary of state and when gov. Kitzhaber betrayed his constituents she became governor after his resignation. She won reelection but it's in a very liberal state, and her approval rating is abysmal, even in her own party. It's very likely she would've never been governor without Kitzhaber being an idiot.

I just want to point out that she hasn't been very good at her job and wasn't initially elected to that position.

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GoPointers t1_j09oc0p wrote

Reply to comment by KnownUniverse in Oregon governor commutes all 17 of state's death sentences by Slavic_Dusa

Is it vengeance? I feel that if somebody decides they have the right to take another life, then by that flawed belief system they're acknowledging that someone has the right to take their life. So in the really bad cases, where the convicted murderer was convicted with 100% certainty, I'm not against it. However I don't like how there is no consistency to how it's applied, for example Texas. Looking from a broader perspective the US is one of the few remaining western countries that still hasn't banned the death penalty, so it probably should just be banned federally, though the conservatives won't let that happen.

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