Three men sentenced to life without parole for their roles in two notorious Pierce County killings might qualify for lighter sentences thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued today.
Three men sentenced to life without parole for their roles in two notorious Pierce County killings might qualify for lighter sentences thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued today.
The nation’s high court, in a 5-4 decision, declared unconstitutional mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles convicted of murder.
A Northern California man who was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of felony murder committed when he was 17 might gain his freedom eventually, under a brief Supreme Court ruling Monday that's the latest indication of potential leniency for similar inmates.
A federal jury on Friday convicted a Tacoma man of trafficking women and girls for sex.
Minority youths are arrested and in the Washington state’s court system more often than their white counterparts, a recent study commissioned by the state Supreme Court shows. But researchers said counties aren’t keeping complete data on ethnicity, and the gap between minority and white youth is larger.
LaTanya Clemmons, whose convictions for helping her cop-killer brother’s getaway driver were overturned by an appeals court, won’t be retried.
LaTanya Clemmons, whose convictions for helping her cop-killer brother’s getaway driver were overturned by an appeals court, won’t be retried.
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