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Crime, Law and Justice

Washington Death Row Inmate Loses Court Challenge Over Intellectual Disabilities

Austin Jenkins

On January 25, 1997, Cecil Emile Davis, a “violent offender” on state supervision, broke into the Tacoma home of 65-year-old Yoshiko Couch. Once inside he…