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  Community court is ending in Seattle. What does that mean for defendants?

  Community court will soon be a thing of the past in Seattle.
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  County jail vs. state prison: A current incarcerated person explains the difference

  Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with incarcerated journalist Christopher Blackwell about how his 20 years in Washington State Prison compared to his time at Pierce County Jail.
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  Former exec for Seattle nonprofits pleads guilty to blowing $3m on casinos, clothes, travel

  The former finance director of two Seattle nonprofits pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony counts of federal wire fraud. Susana Tantico is charged with stealing more than $3 million from the Country Doctor Community Health Centers and later the violence prevention group Community Passageways, between 2011 and 2020. Charging documents said Tantico spent the money on personal expenses including gambling, clothing, and travel, and created false ledger entries to conceal her actions.
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  Homeless man charged with derailing Tacoma oil train

  Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 65-year-old homeless man with derailing an oil train as it approached the Port of Tacoma.
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  After spate of fires, Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood grieves lost community center

  This week saw another significant fire in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood, in a vacant building on Lake City Way. On that same day, a group held a memorial for the neighborhood’s shuttered Lake City Community Center, which was closed after another fire in April.
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  Police use genetic information to solve cold cases. Are active cases next?

  One of the first uses of forensic genetic genealogy was in Washington state, to apprehend a suspect in a 30-year-old murder. Since then, the technique has been key to solving hundreds of cases. But while the use of genetic evidence has changed the cold-case landscape, it has also raised questions about how that material is collected and when it is used.
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  In absence of state law, Washington cities seek bans on public drug use

  Dozens of cities in Washington state are considering new bans on possession or public use of illegal drugs. That’s after state legislators failed to reach an agreement on a new drug law in the final hours of the session.
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  Seattle leaders propose ban on public drug use, but others oppose the idea

  Washington state currently has a misdemeanor law against possessing drugs like fentanyl or heroin, but it's a temporary law that expires July 1. The state Legislature failed to act to replace it during the session that ended last week.
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  A tearful vigil and demand for change: Family and friends gather to honor Ingraham shooting victim

  Seattle Public Schools continues work on a safety initiative launched in response to his death.
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  Negligent drivers who kill pedestrians in WA may face new penalties

  Amidst what experts call a “crisis” of car-pedestrian crashes nationwide, lawmakers in Washington have increased the criminal penalties drivers can face for fatal crashes.

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