10.95.190 – Death warrant—Record—Return to trial court.
RCW 10.95.190 Death warrant—Record—Return to trial court. (1) The superintendent of the state penitentiary shall keep in his or her office as part of the public records a book in which shall be kept a copy of each death warrant together with a complete statement of the superintendent’s acts pursuant to such warrants. (2) Within […]
10.95.200 – Proceedings for failure to execute on day named.
RCW 10.95.200 Proceedings for failure to execute on day named. Whenever the day appointed for the execution of a defendant shall have passed, from any cause, other than the issuance of a stay by a court of competent jurisdiction, without the execution of such defendant having occurred, the trial court which issued the original death […]
10.95.901 – Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
RCW 10.95.901 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships […]
10.95.170 – Imprisonment of defendant.
RCW 10.95.170 Imprisonment of defendant. The defendant shall be imprisoned in the state penitentiary within ten days after the trial court enters a judgment and sentence imposing the death penalty and shall be imprisoned both prior to and subsequent to the issuance of the death warrant as provided in RCW 10.95.160. During such period of […]
10.95.180 – Death penalty—How executed.
RCW 10.95.180 Death penalty—How executed. (1) The punishment of death shall be supervised by the superintendent of the penitentiary and shall be inflicted by intravenous injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause death and until the defendant is dead, or, at the election of the defendant, by hanging by […]
10.95.185 – Witnesses.
RCW 10.95.185 Witnesses. (1) Not less than twenty days prior to a scheduled execution, judicial officers, law enforcement representatives, media representatives, representatives of the families of the victims, and representatives from the family of the defendant who wish to attend and witness the execution, must submit an application to the superintendent. Such application must designate […]
10.95.070 – Special sentencing proceeding—Factors which jury may consider in deciding whether leniency merited.
RCW 10.95.070 Special sentencing proceeding—Factors which jury may consider in deciding whether leniency merited. In deciding the question posed by RCW 10.95.060(4), the jury, or the court if a jury is waived, may consider any relevant factors, including but not limited to the following: (1) Whether the defendant has or does not have a significant […]
10.95.080 – When sentence to death or sentence to life imprisonment shall be imposed.
RCW 10.95.080 When sentence to death or sentence to life imprisonment shall be imposed. (1) If a jury answers affirmatively the question posed by RCW 10.95.060(4), or when a jury is waived as allowed by RCW 10.95.050(2) and the trial court answers affirmatively the question posed by RCW 10.95.060(4), the defendant shall be sentenced to […]
10.95.090 – Sentence if death sentence commuted, held invalid, or if death sentence established by chapter held invalid.
RCW 10.95.090 Sentence if death sentence commuted, held invalid, or if death sentence established by chapter held invalid. If any sentence of death imposed pursuant to this chapter is commuted by the governor, or held to be invalid by a final judgment of a court after all avenues of appeal have been exhausted by the […]
10.95.100 – Mandatory review of death sentence by supreme court—Notice—Transmittal—Contents of notice—Jurisdiction.
RCW 10.95.100 Mandatory review of death sentence by supreme court—Notice—Transmittal—Contents of notice—Jurisdiction. Whenever a defendant is sentenced to death, upon entry of the judgment and sentence in the trial court the sentence shall be reviewed on the record by the supreme court of Washington. Within ten days of the entry of a judgment and sentence […]