The Death penalty has actually been abolished in Washington state since 2018 when the state’s supreme court ruled it unconstitutional as a punishment. Reasons c

The Death penalty has actually been abolished in Washington state since 2018 when the state’s supreme court ruled it unconstitutional as a punishment. Reasons cited was that the punishment was issued arbitrarily and with racial bias. The court’s decision was directly based off of a regression analysis study. https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/death-penalty-washington-state/ https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/death-penalty-washin... https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/legacy/documents/WashRaceStudy2014OldVersion.pdf https://files.deathpenaltyinfo.org/legacy/documents/WashRace... (PDF)