[CWOJackson]

Sheriff Dave Reichert is closer to this case then almost anyone. He was the original investigator for the first murders and has been pursuing the killer almost his entire professional life.

Sheriff Reichert knows many of the victim's families personally and has shed many tears with them over the years. This case is very personal to him.

Anyone from the King County (Seattle), Washington area can testify that there is no finer Sheriff then Dave Reichert; Christian, family man, conservative. I respect him as well as his knowledge about this case.

He supports this plea bargain and I have to agree. Because of the plea bargain Ridgeway has identified six more victims, one from just 1998, that were unknown. That is six more families who have been able to close this chapter in their grief.

As for this effectively ending the death penalty in Washington, very few people here actually believe that.

[Bonaparte]

"...ending the death penalty in Washington..."

See post 13. Lots of states have the DP on the books, but few actually follow their own law. In actual practice, there is no DP in Washington state or in any other dem-controlled state.

[HairOfTheDog]

Sheriff Reichert knows many of the victim's families personally and has shed many tears with them over the years. This case is very personal to him.

Kudos to him.