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In a 2017 end of the year report, the Death Penalty Information Center reported that public support of the death penalty reached 45 year lows. [28] In Washington state, Jay Inslee's decision to institute a moratorium on capital punishment did not negatively impact his support among voters, as evidenced by the fact that he won the 2016 ...
In 1971 he was appointed to the Washington Supreme Court, where he served for 23 years, including two years as the chief justice. Utter is known for his opposition to the death penalty. He dissented in two dozen cases on capital punishment while on the court and resigned in 1995 in protest of it.
Mary Elizabeth Fairhurst [1] (August 13, 1957 — December 28, 2021) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice and chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court. [ 2 ] Early life and education
Uttecht v. Brown, 551 U.S. 1 (2007), was a case dealing with jury selection in capital cases in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that appeals courts must defer to a trial judge's decision on whether a potential juror would be able to overcome demur about capital punishment and be open to voting to impose a death sentence.
Post-conviction DNA forensic evidence can be considered in death penalty appeals Hill v. McDonough: 547 U.S. 573 (2006) a challenge to lethal injection as violating the Eighth Amendment properly raised a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and is not barred by previous habeas corpus petition Hudson v. Michigan: 547 U.S. 586 (2006)
Stamper is known for his role as Chief of the Seattle Police Department (1994–2000) responsible for Seattle's contested response to the protests of the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, which eventually led to his resignation. [2] Stamper has expressed regret about his decisions at the time.
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The 2002 death sentence was appealed on grounds that Yates believed his 2000 plea bargain to be "all-encompassing", and that a life sentence for 13 murders and a death sentence for two constituted "disproportionate, freakish, wanton and random" application of the death penalty. The arguments were rejected in 2007 by the Washington Supreme Court ...