On Thursday, October 11th, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled in a majority opinion to abolish the death penalty, making Washington the 20th state in the nation to outlaw capital punishment. The court’s majority opinion cited concerns about the punishment being imposed arbitrarily and with racial bias, writing, “We are confident that the association between race and the death penalty is not attributed to random chance.”
According to the Aclu, they are only the third state Supreme Court to strike down the death penalty as unconstitutional by explicitly citing...
According to the Aclu, they are only the third state Supreme Court to strike down the death penalty as unconstitutional by explicitly citing...
- 10/12/2018
- by Amelia McDonell-Parry
- Rollingstone.com
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