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