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• Washington state board opposes pardon in ’91 killing

    December 15, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – A former Newport, Wash., man should not be pardoned for helping kill his former son-in-law, a state board has recommended. The Clemency and Pardons Board recommended unanimously last … 1

• Freed Convicted Murderers Make Most Of Second Chance 16 Years After Release Of 8 Men, Only One Has Returned To Prison

  January 9, 1997 in City on Page B1 In her final days as governor in early 1981, Dixy Lee Ray commuted the life sentences of eight convicted murderers. Sixteen years later, only one has returned to prison, and …