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Anthony Powers, a formerly incarcerated individual and prison reform activist, came to UW to talk about his initial 77-year sentencing as a 16-year-old. In his lecture, given in two parts
Inside two south Seattle manufacturing plants, work is slowly building back up as the aerospace industry recovers from a disastrous downturn.
Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) January 04, 2022 -- SEATTLE, Wash. (January 3, 2022) – Foster Garvey, PC today announced the firm has elevated six attorneys to
× Legislature moves to resentence up to 114 people serving life without parole under Washington’s three-strikes law By Nina Shapiro, The Seattle Times Published: April 8, 2021, 9:15am Share: A decadeslong effort came to fruition Wednesday when the Legislature passed a bill to resentence as many as 114 people serving life without parole under Washington’s three-strikes law. Headed to Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk after a close vote in the House, Senate Bill 5164 affects those who “struck out” at least in part because of a second-degree robbery conviction, relating to a crime...
Washington high court charts less punitive path on juvenile justice With the Monschke decision, the state Supreme Court expanded the definition of youth in murder cases. No other court has done so. by Washington State’s Supreme Court Building, also known as the Temple of Justice, photographed on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, from Heritage Park in Olympia, Wash. (Jovelle Tamayo for Crosscut) Liberal marijuana laws, an early endorsement for same-sex marriage and our general embrace of individual initiative have led lots of people to see Washington as an outpost of freewheeling progressivism. But...