SB 5339 - Repeals the Death Penalty - Washington Key Vote

Stage Details

See How Your Politicians Voted

Title: Repeals the Death Penalty

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that reduces criminal justice expenses by repealing the death penalty and instead requiring life imprisonment without the possibility of release or parole as the sentence for aggravated first-degree murder.

Highlights:

  • Repeals the state death penalty for cases of first degree aggravated murder in order to commute the sentence to life imprisonment (Sec. 2).

arrow_upward