Five years after the state Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional, Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill officially striking it from Washington law. FOX13
. He said his decision came after months of "careful review," and is an executive action that did not require legislative approval.
"Equal justice under the law is the state’s primary responsibility. And in death penalty cases, I’m not convinced equal justice is being served," Inslee said at the time. "The use of the death penalty in this state is unequally applied, sometimes dependent on the budget of the county where the crime occurred."because "it is imposed in an arbitrary and racially biased manner.
The court was unanimous in its order that the eight people who were on death row should have their sentences converted to life in prison. The ruling was in the case of Allen Eugene Gregory, who was convicted of raping, robbing and killing Geneine Harshfield, a 43-year-old woman, in 1996. His lawyers said the death penalty is arbitrarily applied and that it is not applied proportionally, as the state Constitution requires.Some family members of victims have said they would still like to see the death penalty.that I have read and agree
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