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In her unrelenting quest to become the worst governor ever, Kate Brown has commuted the death sentences for 17 convicted murders and is effectively shutting down death row.
Brown and the Oregon legislature have made a convenient end run on Oregon voters who approved capital punishment via a constitutional amendment years ago.
Gotta love the libs. Easiest way to change a law is just ignore it.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-governor-kate-brown-states-death-sentences/
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Reminds me of California Supreme Court Chief Justice Rose Bird, who overturned 65 death penalty verdicts during her tenure. She taught at Stanford Law School from 1972 to 1974.
She was despised by the associate justices on the court. She forced them to schedule an appointment to talk with her, for any reason. She substituted her opinion for rule of law, according to other liberal justices. In 1982, she argued that the Victims’ Bill of Rights (Proposition 8) should not have been allowed on the ballot, said proposition supporting restitution to victims, school safety, the right of public safety superseding guaranteed bail, limitations to plea bargaining, higher levels of proof for insanity pleas, introduction of prior felony convictions without limit in subsequent court cases, victims were granted the right to be notified when criminals had parole and sentencing hearings, limitations on excluding evidence, etc. Despite Bird’s attempts to keep it off the ballot, it stayed and it passed, 56% to 43%.
1982 California Proposition 8 – Wikipedia
She was voted out by a 67% to 33% vote. I wonder if the next Oregon governor will support similar commutations?
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