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WA state Supreme Court prohibits mandatory life without parole for young adults
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 3/12/2021 Alexis Krell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Mar. 11 The Washington State Supreme Court found mandatory sentences of life without parole unconstitutional for young adults and ordered two Pierce County men to be resentenced in a split ruling Thursday. Just as courts must exercise discretion before sentencing a 17-year-old to die in prison, so must they exercise the same discretion when sentencing an 18-, 19-, or 20-year-old, Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud wrote in the lead opinion, signed by Justices Mary I. Yu, Raquel Montoya-Lewis and G. Helen Whitener. . We remand each case for a new sentencing hearing at which the trial court must consider whether each defendant was subject to the mitigating qualities of youth.
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daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. Before we get to today s big discussion on potatoes and gender, let s check in with some news that matters.
GOOD NEWS for our fellow LGBTs:The House of Representatives has successfully passed the Equality Act, which prohibits discrimination against sexual orientation or gender identity in such areas as housing, jobs, education, public accommodations, and more! Now it goes to the Senate, where it will need at least 60 votes to avoid a filibuster Democrats could also just nuke the filibuster off the face of the earth.
9 Republican votes for the Equality Act in 2019 and 3 Republican votes for the Equality Act in 2020 is a pretty good summary of how things are going in the Republican Party.
The WA State Supreme Court effectively legalized drugs in a stunning and dangerous decision. Thousands of violent felons, like child rapists, could be released as a result.
Washington Supreme Court throws out think tank’s attack on union political activity By Alexis Krell, The News Tribune
Published: February 23, 2021, 11:35am
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The Freedom Foundation failed to meet a deadline in several campaign finance lawsuits it brought against unions, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled in a recent 5-4 decision.
The conservative nonprofit think tank alleged to the attorney general and prosecutors that the unions had violated Washington’s Fair Campaign Practices Act by not reporting money spent on political activity.
After the government didn’t take enforcement action, the Freedom Foundation filed so-called “citizen actions,” in Superior Court, but not within a deadline required by state law at the time, a majority of the state’s high court ruled.