Matter of Opinion

Thu., 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 of the court's decision?

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Posted Sept. 27, 2007, 12:20 p.m.

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