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Washington Legislation Passed
Loaded on July 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1996, page 14
The Washington legislature was in session for a mercifully short 60 day session between January and March, 1996. In that period several hundred anti-prisoner and anti-defendant bills were introduced, at a cost of $1,500 each. While several passed the legislature about half of those passed were vetoed by governor Mike ...
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Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Victims,
Costs,
Three Strikes,
Telephones,
Telephone Monitoring,
Death Penalty,
State Legislation.
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