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Matter of Opinion archive for Sept. 27, 2007

THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 2007

Death penalty for Yates

The Washington Supreme Court decided this morning to uphold Pierce County's death sentence for Spokane serial killer Robert Lee Yates Jr.Read Richard Roesler's story.In a Spokane case, Yates was sentenced to 408 years in prison for other killings.Please join the debate. What do you think…

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Letters: Growth, not blight

(...) More houses per acre is not a good environmental solution. It increases human waste, it increases traffic that ruins our roads and adds to our already suffering air quality, it strains our natural resources, looks terrible and yes, destroys the quality of life here.Some…

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