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State v. Michele Anderson

This folder contains some of the trial level pleadings in this King County capital case prosecution.

Motion to Dismiss the Death Penalty – Leniency (11.2012)

This brief argues RCW 10.95.040(4) violates the 8th Amendment by requiring jurors to determine a defendant deserves leniency before imposing a life sentence. Brief written by Colleen O’Conner and David Sorenson.

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Motion to Dismiss Death Penalty for ICCPR Violation-Defendants Reply (11.2012)

This brief is the Defendant’s Response to the State’s Reply brief, in which the State argued many courts have considered and rejected this argument. Brief written by Colleen O’Conner and David Sorenson.

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Motion to Dismiss Death Penalty – ICCPR Motion (10.2012)

This brief argues that the death penalty in Washington is unconstitutional under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of life and inhuman, cruel or degrading pu...

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Motion to Dismiss Death Penalty – Equal Protection; Bush v. Gore (10.2012)

This motion argues that the death penalty in Washington violates equal protection under the Art. 1 Sec. 12 of the Washington Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. The Washington death penalty statute fa...

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Motion to Dismiss Death Penalty- 8th Amendment (10.2012)

This trial brief argues that based on nation wide trends the death penalty violates the 8th Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment and the WA constitution Art 1 Section 14 ban on cruel punishment. Brief by Colleen O’C...

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