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By Steve Hall

Today's Olympian carries the editorial, "Should death penalty continue? Time to decide." Three inmates on Washington?s death row took another step closer to execution recently when Thurston County Superior Court Judge Chris Wickham ruled that the state?s lethal injection procedures are constitutional. Attorneys for the three condemned inmates say they will appeal Judge Wickham?s decision to the Court of Appeals and state Supreme Court, so Washington residents are not likely to see an execution anytime soon.But heightened public awareness of these cases prompts a question: Isn?t it time Washington residents be asked if they still support capital punishment? After all, it has been 34 years since Washington voters last had their say on this life-and-death issue...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 20, 2009 (boomark / email).