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| Region | Washington |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | Mar 14, 1893 |
| End Date | Jan 29, 1909 |
| Description | Responding to STATE v. PLACE, the Washington State Legislature adopted the common law definition of "crimes against nature" and established a penalty of "imprisonment at hard labor in the state penitentiary for not less than ten nor more than fourteen years" upon conviction of sodomy. |
| Sources | Laws of Washington 1893 c 139 § 2 https://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1893c139.pdf RCW 9.79.100 Sodomy - Penalties. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/dispo.aspx?cite=9.79.100 STATE v. PLACE, 5 Wash. 773; 32 P. 736 (1893) http://courts.mrsc.org/washreports/005WashReport/005WashReport0773.htm Painter, George. History of Sodomy Laws in the United States. https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/washington.htm |
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