Washington has few paths to early prison release. Advocates fear Gov. Ferguson has closed off a critical one
Gov. Bob Ferguson has rejected everyone the state board recommended for commutation
Washington state lawmakers have just passed a budget that pays for a collaboration between the WashingtonState Patrol and Washington State University to find out whether state troopers exercise racial bias when they decide to search motorists.
Following revelations that Washington State Patrol troopers search people of color at rates much higher than whites, the Washington House of Representatives has proposed restarting bias studies
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