This morning the Washington State Supreme court issued a powerful 49-page unanimous ruling resolving a fierce, multi-year, multi-party battle over how inquests should be conducted in King County. The ruling upholds portions of the changes that King County Executive Dow Constantine enacted through a series of executive orders, but wipes out other parts.
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City Attorney withdraws lawsuit challenging inquest reforms
In response to calls from the community over the past week, this afternoon Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes announced that he is withdrawing a legal challenge to recent changes made to the inquest process in King County.
Continue readingSeattle suing King County over inquest process
You may have heard that the City of Seattle is suing King County over recent changes to the inquest process for officer-involved deaths in the county. Here’s what’s going on with that.
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