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Now that Washington’s drug possession law has been struck down, swamped legal system faces massive do-over
Mar 18, 2021/News Item
Reverberations are spreading from a state Supreme Court opinion that last month struck down Washington’s decades-old drug possession statute as unconstitutional, sending ripple effects through a legal system that’s grappling with how to remedy past harm while facing an unprecedented backlog of criminal cases created by the coronavirus pandemic. There’s general but not unanimous consensus the …
Officials grapple with questions raised by court voiding state’s drug possession law
Mar 15, 2021/News Item
Two weeks after the state Supreme Court dropped its decision in State vs. Blake, ramifications are coming in waves like a hit of acid, a substance that is no longer illegal to possess under state law, along with meth, heroin and cocaine. Though local and state officials are unsure what to do next and, more importantly, who …
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Group sues Washington state, pair of counties over drug possession cases
Mar 12, 2021/News Item
A group of defense attorneys is suing the state, King, and Snohomish counties, to recover penalties paid in simple drug possession cases. WA Rep explains deeper goal behind bill to decriminalize drugs In late February, the state Supreme Court ruled the state’s felony simple drug possession law was unconstitutional. The courts argument was rooted in …
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Court’s drug possession ruling upends WA’s criminal justice system
Mar 12, 2021/News Item
In the Blake decision, the Washington Supreme Court voided most drug possession cases in the state. The implications will be huge. When Kelly Vomacka first read that the Washington Supreme Court had struck down the law criminalizing drug possession in the state, she was in disbelief. The Blake decision, named for the woman at its …
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