Jan. 13
WASHINGTON:
Decision on death penalty for Vancouver homicide suspect postponed
Prosecutors will wait until April 1 to decide whether to seek the death penalty
against a Vancouver man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death last
spring.
Dennis L. Wolter, charged with 1st-deg
Nov. 28
WASHINGTON:
Lawyer: Death penalty 'not right choice' in Mukilteo shootings
Allen Ivanov's attorneys plan to ask a judge to give them more time to compile
information about the young man and his background in an effort to convince
prosecutors not to seek the death penalty.
Sn
May 18
WASHINGTON:
Allen Eugene Gregory Gets the Death Penalty ... Again
A Pierce County jury has given 39-year-old Allen Eugene Gregory the death
penalty. Again.
In 2001 a jury convicted Gregory of 1st-degree aggravated murder stemming from
the brutal 1996 killing of 43-year-old Tacom
Oct. 29
WASHINGTON:
Group seeks extension of DNA-testing law
Evidence that could exonerate people wrongly convicted of crimes might be
destroyed after Dec. 31, because a state law requiring authorities to
preserve DNA evidence expires at the end of the year.
Leaders of the Innocence Proje
Dec. 7
WASHINGTON (state):
Tavares trial and death penalty decision delayed
The Pierce County prosecutor has two additional months to decide whether
to seek the death penalty for Daniel Tavares Jr., a killer from
Massachusetts accused of murdering a couple last month in their home near
Gr
August 15
WASHINGTON/USA:
Tracking down the Green River killer
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The Green River killer's story -- at once bewildering and repulsive --
received plenty of press as the bodies of his victims were discovered
du
