[news] New Death Sentence Precedent in Washington State Stands

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Back in 2003, Gary Ridgway, Washington state's "Green River Murderer," confessed to 48 murders of women, under a plea bargain with the state. He is deemed "the nation's worst serial killer." The "bargain" was Ridgway plead guilty and confess, after months of 14 hour a day interrogations, and the abuse which is routine to beat these "free will confessions" out of people, and in return for his "free will confessions," he would escape the death penalty and instead spend his life in jail with no chance of parole. Then in 2004, Charles Champion, a black male in the same jurisdiction, was accused of killing one white male police officer. And was threatened with death if convicted.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/11/24/03050/901