The Washington Supreme Court has denied the State's motion to vacate the stay of execution. The court denied the motion without prejudice, indicating the State may renew the motion before the superior court in 90 days. This means the execution will not occur on December 3, 2008. Rather, the execution date will reset in the future once the stays are lifted.
The Attorney General’s Office filed charges Monday in Kitsap County
against a women who collected roughly $9,500 from the state’s Medicaid
program to care for her family member in Kitsap County while the woman
was living in Louisiana.