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WA’s death penalty can’t be justified until we fix the system
The death penalty in Washington has been overturned by the state Supreme Court as unconstitutional. The decision is sudden, but
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The study that killed the death penalty in Washington
Washington state Supreme Court rules death penalty is "arbitrary" and "racially biased."
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