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Week in Review: Timothy Rankin, Tanya Woo, and OSPI

Guest host Mike Lewis discusses the week’s news with The Needling’s Lex Vaughn, Republican strategist Randy Pepple, and Seattle Times columnist Claudia Rowe.
Kevin Kniestedt
Former Shoreline assisted living caregiver charged with raping two residents with Alzheimer’s

The two elderly women had Alzheimer’s and significant cognitive impairment – but were both able to tell their families about the male employee who had raped them at the Aegis Living Center in Shoreline where they lived.
Amy Radil
Auburn officer's trial tests deadly force law

The murder trial against Auburn police officer Jeff Nelson is underway in Kent today. Arguments are centering around the officer’s training and the testimony of some key witnesses. It’s an important test of a voter initiative that made it easier to prosecute police officers who use deadly force. KUOW’s crime and law enforcement reporter Amy Radil will bring us up to speed on the case.
Patricia Murphy

Jennie Cecil Moore
In Burien, 'the soap opera continues' as quarrels grow over city's camping ban

Each day in Burien seems to bring a new uproar between city officials and the King County Sheriff’s Office over the city’s camping ban. Meanwhile, people await an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on whether camping bans violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment when they don’t come with offers of available shelter.
Amy Radil
Washington state sues Seattle Archdiocese over child sex abuse investigation records

Washington state is suing the Archdiocese of Seattle in an effort to compel the institution to turn over documents related to sexual abuse allegations against its clergy, Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday morning.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
For murder trial of Auburn police officer, lawyers probe jurors' views on deadly force

King County Superior Court officials said they’ve called an unusually large jury pool to consider what could be a significant case involving police deadly force. Jury selection is underway in the murder trial of Auburn police officer Jeffrey Nelson.
Amy Radil
Auburn police officer’s murder trial tests new state law for police misconduct

The first police officer charged with murder in Washington under a new legal standard for police misconduct is heading to trial. Jury selection is scheduled to begin April 22 in the trial of Auburn police officer Jeffrey Nelson.
Amy Radil
Deaths at rural Washington jails highlight perilous conditions: 'Failures at almost every level,' critics say

There’s turmoil in Klickitat County over a proposal to close the local jail and send inmates elsewhere. The move comes after one person's death and a second inmate was found in a life-threatening condition last year.
Amy Radil
Burien sues King County Sheriff for refusing to enforce camping ban

The legal wrangling is intensifying between the King County Sheriff’s Office and the city of Burien. At issue is the sheriff’s refusal to enforce Burien’s latest restrictions on homeless encampments.
Amy Radil
Blocked by prosecutors, Seattle judge reassigned to parking and traffic tickets

A Seattle judge who recently came under fire from city prosecutors has been reassigned to parking and traffic tickets.
Amy Radil

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