At a Prison Fellowship Hope Event at Anamosa State Penitentiary in Iowa, Pastor Quovadis Marshall Page of Hope City Church reminded the men that even on their darkest days, there is light, the light of the hope of the Gospel: “If you’re not dead, God’s not done. Until you believe that, you’ll live like a dead man walking.” One participant shared, “Here inside the prison walls, I’m filled with the Holy Ghost. I’m overwhelmed with the joy that He places with me each and every day here in the penit

Fourteen years after the last death sentence was carried out in Washington, the execution chamber at the state penitentiary in Walla Walla was closed in a ceremony held Wednesday morning. Gov. Jay Inslee, who issued a moratorium on the death penalty ten years ago, said shuttering the chamber was the ‘final closure’ of the controversial issue in Washington state law. #komo #komo4 #komonews #komo4news #seattle #washington #washingtonnews #deathpenalty #death #execution #penitentiary #wallawalla Fu