Even after years of work, courts still have a long way to go: 63% of cases in Superior Courts and Municipal Courts still need ...

When Lisa Giap opened an email from the Pierce County Superior Court in January 2024 that said her previous drug conviction from 2015 had been cleared from her criminal record, she was stunned.

Giap is one of many Washingtonians eligible to have their case vacated after the Washington Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that the state’s simple drug possession law was unconstitutional because ...

Ketterling said the simple drug possession law was found unconstitutional when a Washington Supreme Court ruling in the State v. Blake case found that to be guilty of simple drug possession ...