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Washington Lifers Prevail in District Court

Loaded on June 15, 1992 by John Midgley published in Prison Legal News June, 1992, page 9
Filed under: Sentencing, Ex Post Facto, Parole. Location: Washington.
By John Midgley, Attorney At Law

U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Zilly has ruled in the Powell case that SHB 1457 is ex post facto as applied to Mr. Powell's first-degree murder sentence. The state has been directed to determine Mr. Powell's parole eligibility under the terms of the "old ...

 

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