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Washington's Supreme Court puts an end to the death penalty

433 views · Published 12 October 2018 · 1:09 · Indexed 30 September 2026

Channel: Daily Mail World · 2018 · News & Politics

Washington's Supreme Court unanimously struck down the state's death penalty on Thursday, ruling that it had been handed down as a sentence in an arbitrary and racially discriminatory manner. The court also converted the sentences of the eight people who were remaining on Washington's death row to life in prison, although none of them had been slated for execution as Governor Jay Inslee (left) imposed a moratorium on the death penalty in 2014 citing the inequities he had seen. The court did not rule out the possibility, however, that the legislature could come up with another manner of imposing death sentences that did not violate the constitution. Attorney General Bob Ferguson (right) said he would press the Legislature to make the sole punishment for aggravated murder life in prison without release. The execution chamber at the Washington State Penitentiary is shown inset, in a photo take in Walla Walla, Washington in November of 2008.

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Washington's Supreme Court puts an end to the death penalty

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