Actions you can take to support Criminal Justice.
Friends, Quaker Voice's very high profile bill for an independent corrections ombuds has just passed the Public Safety Committee on a 9-2 vote and must be voted out of House Appropriations by Tuesday to remain alive this year. One of your representatives is on this Committee. Intense effort is now…
Friends, This year we have the best chance in years to abolish the death penalty in Washington State. SB 6052 is in the Senate Rules Committee and needs to be brought to the floor for a vote in the full Senate by Wednesday, Feb. 14. Can you ask your state…
Friends, Our high-priority bill HB 1889 -- to establish an Independent Corrections ombuds -- is now poised for a final vote in the state Senate. It has passed the House and been voted out of the Senate Rules Committee. If it passes the Senate then it will be brought to…
Friends, Our long sought effort to abolish the Death Penalty in Washington State is now at its final hurdle before passage. It has already passed the Senate, and must pass through the House Rules Committee and be brought to a vote before the House. Please email or phone your Representatives…
Friends, We can all celebrate the passage in both houses of the state legislature of not one but two of the criminal justice bills that we have worked on for at least the past ten years An Independent Corrections Ombuds (HB 1889) passed the Senate last week on a 48…
Date: February 11, 2018 This year we have the best chance in years to abolish the death penalty in Washington State. SB 6052 is in the Senate Rules Committee and needs to be brought to the floor for a vote in the full Senate by Wednesday, Feb. 14. Can you…
Quaker Voice on Washington Public Policy has endorsed the Initiative to the Legislature, I-940, the Law Enforcement Training and Community Safety Act, sponsored by De-Escalate Washington. This measure would:
Quaker Voice on Washington Public Policy has endorsed the Initiative to the Legislature, I-940, the Law