Judge denies Thurston High School shooter Kip Kinkel’s push to have state’s high court consider if he’s entitled to release hearing after 25 years in prison
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
A photo taken after Kipland P. Kinkel s arrest on May 21, 1998 following the shooting at Thurston High School and the fatal shooting of his parents.
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A federal judge on Tuesday denied Kipland P. Kinkel’s attempt to certify two questions before the state Supreme Court that could have affected his sentence of nearly 112 years for fatally shooting his parents and then killing two students at Thurston High School and wounding 24 others more than 20 years ago.
Deer Ridge inmate with COVID-19 dies at hospital amid growing outbreak
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(Update: DOC reports inmate death; case count rises to 93, 21 staff)
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Deer Ridge Correctional Institution inmate who tested positive for COVID-19 died Wednesday at an area hospital, amid an outbreak of the virus at the state prison that has now risen to 86 active cases among inmates, the Oregon Department of Correction said Thursday.
The man, between 75 and 85 years old, is the 19
th state prison inmate to die who tested positive for the coronavirus and the first from Deer Ridge, the department said. The agency did not release more details about the inmate, citing protected health information, as it has with previous deaths.