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minus-squareabaddon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agohttps://www.kiro7.com/news/local/on-this-day-washington-conducts-its-last-execution-by-hanging-in-1994/757881458/ “Campbell had a choice between hanging and lethal injection, but he refused to make a choice, so under state law, hanging is used.” So likely an outdated law that had no actual impact because everyone would simply choose lethal injection.
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/on-this-day-washington-conducts-its-last-execution-by-hanging-in-1994/757881458/
“Campbell had a choice between hanging and lethal injection, but he refused to make a choice, so under state law, hanging is used.”
So likely an outdated law that had no actual impact because everyone would simply choose lethal injection.