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Criminal Law

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Louis Chen Trial Postponed While State Tests Evidence From 'Particulaly Bloody' Crime Scene

    Louis Chen, the doctor accused of stabbing to death his partner and surrogate son in their First Hill penthouse apartment last summer, made an appearance in King County Superior Court yesterday afternoon. His attorneys sparred with prosecutors over a plan to make public a redacted version of Chen's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    'Smash and Grab': Property Seized During Dispensary Raids Boosts Law Enforcement Budgets

    ​Courts call it asset forfeiture. Critics call it robbery. Either way, local and federal law-enforcement agencies will likely get to keep any cash, computers, cars, or real estate seized during the raids on medical marijuana dispensaries earlier this week.

  • News

    July 13, 2011

    Who's Fooling Mike McGinn?

    When it comes to sex trafficking, the mayor is getting duped.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Defenders Worry Maurice Clemmons Killings Will Trample Civil Rights

    Is this man alone enough to change the state constitution.​Shocking tragedies consistently get an airing during the state's legislative sessions. These events are often tear-filled and heartbreaking and this week's testimony on the murder of four officers in a Lakewood coffee shop by Maurice C ... More >>

  • News

    November 25, 2009

    Cover Story: Catch Me If You Camp

    Evading cops on Camano, “barefoot burglar” Colton Harris-Moore is the rugged Northwest’s answer to Frank Abagnale Jr.

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2009

    Cry-Baby

    Evading cops on Camano, “barefoot burglar” Colton Harris-Moore is the rugged Northwest’s answer to Frank Abagnale Jr.

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Michael Scott, er, King County Continues to Drive a Hard Bargain

    Last week, if you'll recall, King County mimicked The Office's Michael Scott in its brinkmanship renegotiation strategy, demanding a larger-than-originally-agreed-upon share of a federal criminal justice grant to the County and local cities--at the risk of losing the grant altogether. The approach w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2008

    Cry-Baby

    Last week, if you'll recall, King County mimicked The Office's Michael Scott in its brinkmanship renegotiation strategy, demanding a larger-than-originally-agreed-upon share of a federal criminal justice grant to the County and local cities--at the risk of losing the grant altogether. The approach w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Pullman Rape Trial Update

    Last week, if you'll recall, King County mimicked The Office's Michael Scott in its brinkmanship renegotiation strategy, demanding a larger-than-originally-agreed-upon share of a federal criminal justice grant to the County and local cities--at the risk of losing the grant altogether. The approach w ... More >>

  • News

    January 9, 2008

    New DNA Methods Could Throw More Convictions Into Doubt

    But not if the prosecutors can help it.

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2007

    One Less Problem at Lakeside

    But not if the prosecutors can help it.

  • News

    August 13, 2003

    Cops Against the Drug War

    Some law-enforcement veterans like Jack Cole believe we're fighting for a lost cause.

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