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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

To the Gallows

posted by on January 30 at 12:19 PM

There was once a theory that King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng wouldn’t be able to request the death penalty again after letting Gary Ridgway live (in exchange for turning up a few bodies). But Maleng finally found a suitably horrific case: He will seek the execution of Conner Schierman, who is accused of killing four members of a Kirkland family last summer and then torching their home to cover up his crime.

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If this was Iraq, it would have been a legal act, though. Maybe the purported offender could just claim s/he was confused about being in Iraq?

Posted by Will in Seattle | January 30, 2007 1:32 PM
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call the Pope for comment - the only topic where I agree with him

NO death penalty at all ever

Posted by selma | January 31, 2007 12:26 AM

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