(Salem, OR) -- Outgoing Oregon Governor Kate Brown is granting clemency to all of the state's inmates who are on death row. Brown is commuting the sentences of 17 people on death row to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The clemency order takes effect Wednesday. Brown says "justice is not advanced by taking a life." Oregon has had a moratorium on executions since 2011. The state has not executed anyone since 1997.