PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The former husband of a woman killed by Oregon death row inmate Gary Haugen calls Gov. John Kitzhaber a coward for halting Haugen’s execution.
Ard Pratt is a former Multnomah County sheriff’s deputy who responded to the scene in 1981 after his ex-wife, Mary Archer, was raped and beaten to death.
Pratt and his daughter, Kathy Pratt, told KGW Tuesday (http://is.gd/AEACVs ) that the governor dismissed the law and the will of the people last week when he gave Haugen a reprieve. Ard Pratt says the governor should have put his personal feelings aside.
Haugen was serving a life sentence for killing Mary Archer when he killed another inmate in prison and was sentenced to death.
