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2011-11-22 05:13 PM
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Rabblevox
Portland, OR
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The story is here, from Mercury Blogtown:
http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/blogs/BlogtownPDX/

The gist? Kitzhaber authorized two executions in his previous term as Governor. He has stated that they have haunted him ever since. He will not authorize the 12/6 execution of Gary Haugen, even though Haugen has admitted his guilt and expressed a willingness to die.

In the words of Kitzhaber:

"I do not believe those executions made us safer, and certainly they did not make us nobler as a society. And I simply cannot participate once again in something I believe is morally wrong... The death penalty as practiced in Oregon is neither swift nor just; it is not fair or certain. It is not equally applied to all. It is a perversion of justice that the single best indicator of who will and will not be executed has nothing to do with the circumstances of a crime or the findings of a jury. The only factor that determines whether someone sentenced to death in Oregon is actually executed is that they volunteer."

I applaud and salute our Governor for his brave stand.
2011-11-23 02:50 AM
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Rabblevox
Portland, OR
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Former Member Wrote: You're on the wrong side of the fence, my friend. Everybody wants executions in this country except you and your sissified governor. Oh, and me, too. But, what's the use?

I'm quite used to being on the wrong side of the fence. The wrong side of the fence is usually the right side of history.

I'm assuming (and hoping) that the comment about our "sissified governor" was meant in jest. But please know, it is not really a jesting word.
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