Death Penalty Cancelled In Washington State
Washington has had a moratorium on executions since 2014, but the ruling makes it the 20th state to do away with capital punishment.
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Push To Abolish Washington Death Penalty Underway
King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg testified in Olympia Monday telling lawmakers he's in favor of a proposal to replace capital punishment with life without the possibility of parole.
Woodland Triple Homicide Suspect Won’t Get Death Penalty
VANCOUVER (AP) — Prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty against a man accused in a Woodland triple homicide and attempted jail escape.
The Columbian reports Clark County Prosecuting Attorney Tony Golik notified Brent Luyster's defense team Thursday of the decision...
Man Who Killed 3 at Party Near Seattle Gets Life in Prison
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A young man accused of shooting and killing three people at a house party in July near Seattle has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Allen Ivanov pleaded guilty last month to three counts of aggravated first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder for wounding two other victims...
Dylann Roof Sentenced to Die for Church Slayings
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the federal sentencing trial of convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof (all ET times local):
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A federal jury has sentenced Dylann Roof to death for killing nine black church members in a racially motivated attack in 2015...
Lawyers to Fight Death Penalty in House Party Shooting Case
EVERETT (AP) — Attorneys representing at 20-year-old man accused of fatally shooting three former classmates at a house party in suburban Seattle plan to ask a judge for more time to compile information to convince prosecutors not to seek the death penalty...
Allen Ivanov Wrote Rap Lyrics in Jail About Killing
MUKILTEO (AP) — A new report says the young man charged in a mass shooting at a Mukilteo house party last summer has been writing rap lyrics from jail bragging about killing.
The Daily Herald of Everett reports that it obtained some of Allen Ivanov's jailhouse writings through a public records request...
Dozens of Judges ask Washington High Court to Ban Execution
SEATTLE (AP) — Dozens of former Washington judges are urging the state Supreme Court to strike down the death penalty.
Capital punishment is already rarely used in Washington, with just five people executed in the past 35 years. Gov...
Fort Hood Shooter Could Face the Death Penalty
The Army has announced that Maj. Nidal Hasan will be tried in a military court and is eligible for the death penalty for his role in a 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas.
An attorney for the former military psychiatrist, who's been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in connection with the deadly rampage, wanted capital punishment tak