OLYMPIA, Wash. – The death penalty is no longer in Washington state law.

FOX 13 Seattle says Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Thursday officially striking it from Washington law five years after the state’s Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional.

“It’s official. The death penalty is no longer in state law,” Inslee said in a tweet. “In 2014 I issued a moratorium. In 2018 the state Supreme Court deemed the death penalty unconstitutional. Now in 2023, passage of SB 5087 strikes it entirely from our statutes.”

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The Washington State Legislature voted in favor of SB 5087 earlier this month.

The law also removes other unconstitutional laws, according to Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office:

• Forced sterilization. RCW 9.92.100 allows a judge to order certain people sterilized. This is unconscionable and at least questionable under Skinner v. Oklahoma.
• Loyalty oaths. RCW