Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders posted something on Facebook this weekend that sums it up perfectly: “A murder suspect let out of jail now shooting at police from a stolen vehicle in a pursuit 10 months later is a headline that can easily sum up Washington’s criminal support system.”

Criminal support system. Not criminal justice system.

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