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Allan Parmelee, the Inmate Who Won't Shut Upnew

Parmelee spends his days in a cell, carefully hand-printing lawsuits, motions, records requests, and legal appeals on a pad of lined paper. Known to fellow inmates as the "jailhouse attorney," he's filed dozens of lawsuits in state and federal courts.
Seattle Weekly  |  Laura Onstot  |  07-07-2008  |  Crime & Justice

Inmates Have No Right to Starve to Deathnew

Washington's State Supreme Court won't allow convict to "let nature take its course."
Seattle Weekly  |  Laura Onstot  |  04-21-2008  |  Crime & Justice

Communist States Aren't the Only Ones Denying Jury Trialsnew

In Washington, juveniles have no right to one.
Seattle Weekly  |  Laura Onstot  |  03-31-2008  |  Crime & Justice

Sex, Limes, and Videotapenew

How a night with a porn star turned into a rape case.
Seattle Weekly  |  Laura Onstot  |  12-10-2007  |  Crime & Justice

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