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Washington v. Gregory
Washington Supreme Court
427 P.3d 621 (2018)
- Written by Deanna Curl, JD
Facts
Gregory (defendant) was convicted of aggravated first-degree murder and sentenced to death. Following his sentencing, Gregory commissioned a statistical study of trial reports in cases in which the death penalty was imposed. The study found that, between December 1981 and May 2014, Black defendants were 3.5 to 4.6 times more likely to have a death sentence imposed than non-Black defendants in the state of Washington. The statistical model controlled for other variables and found that the likelihood of an association between race and death sentences being due to random chance was, at most, 11 percent. On appeal, Gregory challenged his death sentence under the Washington and federal constitutions.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Fairhurst, C.J.)
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