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April 13, 1906 (WADOC lists date as May 13, 1906 while newspaper reports death as April 13) murder of Adolph Miller [24] A.A. Armstrong June 8, 1906 murder of Robert Patton [25] Fred Miller March 22, 1907 murder of Fred Dierk [26] Jose Nicolos (WADOC lists name as Joe Niculas) April 16, 1909 murder of George Brown and unnamed four-year-old [27 ...
The official History of the Washington State Legislature states "As had been the case in 1882, in Thurston County, Democrats and anti-administration Republicans joined to form the People’s Party". [13] However a Washington local newspaper in 1865 listed the People's Party as one of the main competing parties in an election. [17]
In 2004, the Washington State Bar Association's Council on Public Defense chartered a sub-committee to examine "the practical wisdom of continuing to pursue death penalty prosecutions in light of Washington's experience with sentence reversals, potential benefits to the criminal justice system from cost savings" and other matters. Made up of ...
2020 - January 21: Washington reports the United States' first case of COVID-19. Washington would record the nation's first death from the disease the following month. 2021 - June & July: The 2021 Western North America heat wave kills 91 people in Washington, making it the state's second deadliest natural disaster on record. [26]
Deaths by person in Washington (state). Pages in category "Deaths by person in Washington (state)" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Washington was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853; the territory was to be named "Columbia", for the Columbia River and the Columbia District, but Kentucky representative Richard H. Stanton found the name too similar to the District of Columbia (the national capital, itself containing the city of ...
The majority of Washington's death penalty sentences are overturned and those convicted of capital offenses are rarely executed, indicating questionable sentencing in many cases. [14] Since 1981, the year Washington State's current capital laws were put in place, 32 defendants have been sentenced to die.
Southwest Washington showing burned area in pink The Yacolt Burn is the collective name for dozens of fires in Washington state and Oregon occurring between September 8 and September 12, 1902, [ 1 ] causing 38 deaths in the Lewis River area, at least nine deaths by fire in Wind River and 18 deaths in the Columbia River Gorge .