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
