WA has passed lots of new gun laws. Could they be in legal trouble?
When a Cowlitz County judge ruled last week that Washington’s ban on high- capacity magazines is unconstitutional, he added one line, on Page 43 of his 55-page opinion, that could just be a little-noticed throwaway, or could prove shockingly prescient. There are, Judge Gary Bashor wrote, “few, if any, historical analogue laws by which a state can justify a modern firearms regulation.” Washington has passed a suite of new gun laws in the last decade. If each new law needs a “historical analogue” from 1791-era America, could many more gun laws be at risk? Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Eva Marie Uzcategui)
Lobbying the Legislature from behind bars
Charles Longshore is the author of a bill Washington lawmakers considered this year that would have allowed judges to review and shorten long prison sentences. He’s also behind bars, serving a nearly 36-year sentence at a state prison north of Olympia for killing two people in 2012. Longshore’s done a lot to change his life while incarcerated, including getting involved in legislative work. Continue reading at The WA State Standard. (Charles Longshore)
‘Failures at almost every level.’ Klickitat County Jail closure debate illuminates challenges facing rural corrections facilities
In May 2023 in South-Central Washington, a 24-year-old man named Ivan Howtopat died by suicide while going through fentanyl withdrawal in Klickitat County Jail. His mother, Melissa Howtopat, said when Ivan Howtopat was arrested for violating his probation, multiple relatives told deputies he suffered from addiction and needed to be closely monitored. He was dead five days later. Continue reading at KUOW. (Melissa Howtopat)
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