In Seattle
Criminal justice issues are being debated as two seek election. One candidate supports alternatives to prison for some offenders, while the other does not.
Criminal-justice issues will be at the forefront of the campaign between former Seattle police officer and Democratic state Rep. Al O'Brien and Republican Jeff Merrill, a Washington State Patrol trooper and Bothell councilman.
O'Brien is drafting a "one strike, you're out" measure that would send an offender to prison for life if he or she committed a "serious" sex crime, was deemed likely to re-offend and met the state's "mental abnormality" standard.
Posted by katherine at 12:17 PM
