Update 11:54 a.m.:
Thursday, April 20, Governor Jay Inslee signed legislation that repealed a number of unconstitutional state laws, including Washington’s invalid death penalty statute.
In 2018, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that Washington’s use of the death penalty was “racially biased,” “arbitrary,” and “lacks ‘fundamental fairness.’ ”
Attorney General Bob Ferguson has proposed legislation to remove Washington’s death penalty from state law every session since 2017.
