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Habitual Criminal Case Update
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1991, page 8
You may recall that last year the Legislature passed SHE 1457 (now in RCW 9.95.013) which directed the Board to review all habitual criminal minimum terms and to apply SRA guideline ranges to them. You may also know that - as usual - the Board essentially ignored the law and ...
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