Washington state has become the latest in the U.S. to suspend the death penalty. Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee announced the move.

Gov. Jay Inslee: “A system that does not deter crime, costs citizens millions of dollars more than life imprisonment without parole, is uncertain in its application, and exposes families to multiple decades of uncertainty as to the result of the judicial decision, is not right. You could say it’s not moral, but I can say it’s not right.”

Washington state is the 18th state to halt capital punishment, and the sixth in as many years. Nine prisoners will be moved off of death row as a result.