Washington


State update

Link to the Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Link to death penalty statute

Link to execution statute

Date death penalty reenacted

November 4, 1975

Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?

No

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

Walla Walla

Clemency process

Governor has sole authority to grant clemency

Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)

Not specified

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

1

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973

Benjamin Harris, 1997



Execution Method

Lethal Injection,Hanging

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 4


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