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State Senate votes to repeal death penalty in Washington state
KIRO ^ | February 14, 2018

Posted on 02/14/2018 7:08:37 PM PST by SMGFan

. - In a historic vote, the Washington State Senate on Wednesday repealed the death penalty.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were optimistic 2018 could bring the end of Washington’s death penalty, following changes in senate leadership and years of stalled attempts in the state Legislature.

Under earlier Washington state law, individuals found guilty of aggravated first-degree murder could be put to death by hanging or lethal injection.

Washington’s death penalty has been seldom used in recent years. In 2014, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee placed a moratorium on capital punishment, suspending the practice for as long as he’s in office. The state’s last execution occurred in 2010 when Cal Coburn Brown, convicted for the 1991 rape and murder of 21 year-old Holly Washa, was put to death by lethal injection.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; washington; washingtonstate
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And they ignore the killer in Florida. Do they oppose death penalty for the evil Florida killer?

Seems many anti death penalty people are pro gun control.

1 posted on 02/14/2018 7:08:37 PM PST by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

And pro abortion.


2 posted on 02/14/2018 7:15:39 PM PST by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: mewzilla

IDIOTS


3 posted on 02/14/2018 7:21:31 PM PST by mplc51
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To: SMGFan

So our tax dollars can prolong the life
of one who took a life, with no remorse.
Like Manson who lived many years after
his irrefutable conviction. There are
those that truly deserve the wrath.


4 posted on 02/14/2018 7:21:35 PM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: SMGFan

Green River killer says thanks


5 posted on 02/14/2018 7:26:13 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
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To: Lean-Right

In most cases it costs more to croak them. Capital punishment ain’t cheap. So don’t use that argument. :-)


6 posted on 02/14/2018 7:29:49 PM PST by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: a fool in paradise

He made a deal with the idiot reichert that took death penalty off the table. He was never at risk - unfortunately.


7 posted on 02/14/2018 7:32:12 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: rockrr

Not just him, his ilk can go on hunting


8 posted on 02/14/2018 7:48:02 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
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To: rockrr

and he feared death


9 posted on 02/14/2018 7:48:24 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
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To: rockrr

and it may be a sloppy plea, he may have confessed to some murders just to get them off the books


10 posted on 02/14/2018 7:49:39 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
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To: mewzilla

You realize that we also pay for their 20 years of appeals even to a life sentence


11 posted on 02/14/2018 7:50:37 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
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To: SMGFan

It really seems that government has no sense to protect its citizens and will bend over backwards for illegals and other murderous criminals. I would give a little credit if they stayed away from 2A and fought the infanticide of abortion but I suspect most of these scum politicians are not that way. Many days I just think,”let’s just get CWII on”, before America turns into a lawless sh*thole altogether of Clockwork Orange,Mad Max and Escape from New York.


12 posted on 02/14/2018 7:51:23 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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Libs protect guilty people and allow innocents to be slaughtered.

That is why you cannot compromise with a socialist. Ever. You win against them. And then destroy anything useful to their warped agenda.


13 posted on 02/14/2018 8:11:25 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: mewzilla

The death penalty is useful, because prosecutors can get thugs to confess in exchange for taking it off the table. They get life in prison, but it saves the possibility of a jury doing the wrong thing and often the killer offers up more information, such as the location of a body.


14 posted on 02/14/2018 8:15:46 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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Driven by Seattle politics, WA moves farther and farther left.

For example, Seattle just vacated all pot busts back to 1992.

So much for the rule of law.

15 posted on 02/14/2018 8:50:59 PM PST by llevrok (DACA = Democrats Against Citizen Americans)
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To: mewzilla

I still remember what Dean Martin said in ROUGH NIGHT IN JERICHO.
“We’ll hang him tomorrow right after the trial.”


16 posted on 02/14/2018 10:10:36 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: mplc51
the rats own everything in this state...the rats are going to have a field day...

they've already raised our property taxes to the utter glee of their favored group the teachers....

I despise them, and the people that vote for them, mostly idiot govt workers...

17 posted on 02/14/2018 11:24:09 PM PST by cherry
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To: a fool in paradise

Re: “Green River killer says thanks”

In Washington state he’s doing life without possibility of parole.

In exchange for life he showed the Police where he dumped most of the missing bodies.

In recent years, they have tried to tie him to one murder in Oregon and one murder in Nevada.

I think both those states still have the death penalty, but I have not heard a word about those investigations for at least a year.


18 posted on 02/15/2018 12:35:11 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: SMGFan

They have more than their share of sickos. Like Westley Alan Dodd. How well I remember...


19 posted on 02/15/2018 12:38:27 AM PST by MarMema
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“...and often the killer offers up more information, such as the location of a body.”

I go back and forth on the death penalty. Here in Washington State, because of the Green River killer's no death penalty, it is pretty far-fetched that anyone would get it now. (Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my client only killed 6 people, while the Green River killer killed dozens and gets to live).

The cost (to the state) on actually getting to the death penalty carried out I've heard is more than just keeping the guy in for life (attorney's fees).

I think life in prison is the worst you can do to somebody - solitary, no TV, no books, etc.

However - you do bring up a very good point that the death penalty can bring more cases to be solved (like the Green River Killer). I imagine if we made for swifter sentencings and execution it might be a deterrent - but I wonder how many of these guys think they will get caught in the first place?

20 posted on 02/15/2018 1:14:00 AM PST by 21twelve
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