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Saying he “cannot participate in something I believe to be morally wrong,” Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber put a moratorium Tuesday on the death penalty, granting a reprieve for an inmate who has gone to court to hasten his execution.
The Democratic governor’s decision cancels the Dec. 6 execution of Gary Haugen, convicted of the 2004 stabbing and beating of a fellow inmate in prison, where Haugen already was serving a life sentence for the aggravated murder of his former girlfriend’s mother, Mary Archer.
The move means 37 inmates on Oregon’s death row face no possibility of death during the current administration.
