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- ↑ "Washington State Courts - Supreme Court Bios - Justice Barbara A. Madsen".
- ↑ "Washington State Courts - Washington Court News".
- ↑ "Washington State Courts - News, Reports, Court Information".
- ↑ http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_scow_madsen_chief.html%5B%5D
- ↑ http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1996/9605190072.asp%5B%5D
- ↑ Note, Recent Case: Washington State Supreme Court Declares Death Penalty Unconstitutional In Washington , 132 Harv. L. Rev. 1764 (2019).
- ↑ State v. Gregory, 427P.3d621 (Wash.2018).
