Only five people have been executed by the state of Washington since the death penalty statute was reformed following the 1976 Supreme Court decisions. Capital punishment was declared unconstitutional by the
Washington Supreme Court
The Washington Supreme Court is the highest court in the judiciary of the U.S. state of Washington. The court is composed of a chief justice and eight associate justices. Members of the court are elected to six-year terms. Justices must retir ...
in 2018.
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Capital punishment in Washington (state)
Capital punishment in the state of Washington (state), Washington was abolished on October 11, 2018 when the Washington Supreme Court, state Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional as applied. On September 10, 2010, Uttecht v. Brown, Cal Cobur ...
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Capital punishment in the United States
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Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
People executed by Washington (state)