Washington state’s pro-criminal reforms bring record murders

By Zachary Faria

Published July 13, 2023 8:22pm ET

Washington state’s pro-criminal reforms bring record murders — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks before signing a measure that puts the state on track to create the first 'public option' health insurance in the US, Monday, May 13, 2019, in Olympia, Wash. The new law is a hybrid system that will see private insurers offer state-defined plans. | (Rachel La Corte/AP)

Washington was one of the liberal states that helped accelerate criminal justice reform in 2020. Now, three years later, the state is suffering a police staffing shortage and the most murders in its recorded history.

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