LETTER: Inslee’s death penalty moratorium wasteful, shameful

Gov. Jay Inslee’s 2014 moratorium on state executions is wrong, foolish, stupid and shameful.

His recent reprieve for the May 3, 1996, death sentence of Clark Richard Elmore shows Inslee’s lack of common sense and qualification as a governor.

In my opinion, when Elmore raped and murdered a 14-year-old girl, he automatically lost any rights.

He does not deserve rights or reprieves.

He deserves the firing squad.

Think of the millions of dollars we wasted keeping people like Charles Manson alive all these years.

These wasted funds could have helped victims and their families recover, etc.

Paul Shager,

Sequim