Washington forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Washington forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
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Washington forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders. The state has life without parole. A jury decides the sentence. The Governor has the power to commute death sentences to life imprisonment and hard labor upon such conditions and restrictions as the Governor thinks proper.
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