-
Death penalty cases in Washington state cost the public one-and-a-half times as much as those where capital punishment isn’t on the table, Seattle…
-
Former state Sen. Debbie Regala says when her brother-in-law was strangled in 1980, her family had to ponder what they would want to have happen when the…
-
Family members of murder victims gathered in Olympia Wednesday to express anguish over Gov. Jay Inslee’sdecision to halt the state’s death penalty.They…
-
No one will be executed in the state of Washington as long as Gov. Jay Inslee is in office, the governor said Tuesday."Equal justice under the law is the…
-
The next time a death row inmate is executed by lethal injection in Washington, witnesses will see more of the process. Washington’s secretary of…
-
The same jury that convicted a Monroe Reformatory inmate of aggravated murder for strangling a prison guard starts work Monday in Everett on the penalty…
-
An Oregon judge says death row inmate Gary Haugen has the right to reject a reprieve from Governor John Kitzhaber. Circuit Court Judge Timothy Alexander's ruling Friday paves the way for a possible new execution date for the two-time murderer.
-
Late last year Governor John Kitzhaber issued a moratorium that put on hold the execution of twice convicted murderer Gary Haugen. Now the death row inmate is asking a judge to overrule that reprieve.
-
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state Supreme Court has reversed the conviction and death sentence of Darold Stenson and called for a new trial in his…
-
"I clearly wanted him dead. But I got smart."OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington lawmakers are considering a plan to save money by abolishing the death penalty in…