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Washington State Working to Diversify Its Jury Selections


Washington State Working to Diversify Its Jury Selections
While research shows that more diverse juries come to fairer decisions than homogenous ones, a survey found that most Washington juries lacked diversity. Officials are working to change that.
Alexis Krell, The News Tribune
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April 19, 2021
  |  Analysis
(TNS) Jurors are supposed to reflect their communities.
But courts across the country struggle with an under-representation of racial and ethnic minorities in their jury pools.
Jury pools lacking diverse representation can deny a defendant access to constitutionally guaranteed protections. The right to an impartial jury means, in part, one selected from a fair cross-section of the community. ....

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'Ill-intentioned' misconduct by deputy prosecutor means new trial for accused killer


Ill-intentioned misconduct by deputy prosecutor means new trial for accused killer
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.
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Alexis Krell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Apr. 1 A man sentenced for a gruesome attack that killed his mother at their Tacoma home needs a new trial because of a Pierce County deputy prosecutor s misconduct, an appellate court said this week.
Sebastian Levy-Aldrete argued on appeal that he didn t get a fair trial due to prosecutorial misconduct, and a three-judge panel of Division II of the Washington State Court of Appeals agreed Tuesday.
The cumulative effect of these repeated instances of misconduct were substantially likely to have affected the verdict, Judge Lisa Sutton wrote for the panel. Thus, we hold that Levy-Aldrete has met his burden to show reversible prosecutorial misconduct. ....

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Washington State Supreme Court ruling effectively decriminalizes small amounts of drugs


Spokane police halt arrests for simple drug possession after Washington Supreme Court ruling
The ruling struck down the law against controlled substance possession because it didn t require prosecutors to prove defendants were aware they had drugs on them.
Author: Casey Decker
Updated: 9:55 AM PST March 1, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. The Spokane Police Department can no longer make arrests for simple possession of drugs after a bombshell ruling this week from the Washington State Supreme Court that effectively decriminalized possession of small amounts of controlled substances. 
The majority ruling decided that Washington s existing controlled substance possession law was unconstitutional because it does not require prosecution to prove that defendants were aware they possessed the drugs. ....

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