Washington Prosecutors Want Death Penalty Referendum

(AP) — State prosecutors say they'll ask lawmakers to send a death penalty referendum to voters next year. The Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys issued a statement Thursday saying that prosecutors "overwhelmingly believe that the people of the state should vote on the question of whether the state should retain the death penalty as an option in cases of aggravated murder."

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