Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakamanahia e tētahi kooti amuamu ā-rohe te whiu me te whiu mate o tētahi tangata o Washington i whakaae ki te raupatu me te patu i tana tamahine 14-tau te pakeke i te tau 1995. I whakapumautia e te 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, kaore i mahi te Kooti Nui o Washington i te wa i whakakahoretia ai e ia te kereme a Clark Elmore i takahia ana tika ture i te whakawa. Ko Elmore, i whakawakia mo te patu i a Kristy Ohnstad i Bellingham i muri i tana kii i whakawehi ia ki te whakaatu i a ia i whakawhiua ia i a ia e tamariki ana, i riro i a ia te whakatau a te kooti a-rohe i te Wenerei. Ko te whakapae a Clark Elmore mo te kohuru me te raupatu i tana tamahine 14-tau te pakeke i Washington i te tau 1995 i mau tonu. I whakapumautia e te 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals te whakatau a te Washington Supreme Court (i runga ake nei) he tika. Ko Ohnstad, he ākonga kura tuarua, te tamahine a te hoa wahine a Elmore e noho tahi ana, e ai ki te Seattle Times. Whai muri i tana ngaronga, i whakaaro a Elmore kei te pouri ia, ā, i āwhina ia ki te whakarite i tētahi rōpū rapu kia kitea ia. Ko Elmore te tuarua o ngā herehere kua roa e noho ana i runga i te rārangi mate o te kāwanatanga i muri i tana tono ki reira i te tau 1996. I te mutunga ka whakaae a ia ki te whakamate i a ia i roto i tētahi whakapuaki i tuhia ki te rīpene. I kī a Elmore i takahia ōna tika i te wā o te whakawakanga nā te mea i tohutohu kino tana rōia ki a ia, ā, i kite te rōia i a ia e herea ana. Ko te whakataunga a te rōpū tokotoru-mema ki te herehere 63-tau te pakeke, he kotahi te whakaaro. I tuhia e te rōpū: 'E whakapono ana mātou ehara i te mea he kore take te whakataunga a te Kooti Runga Rawa o Washington mo nga kerēme ture a Elmore. "Kāore te marae ā-rohe i hē ki te whakakahore i ngā wero a Clark Elmore ki tana whakapae me tana whiu mate, nā reira ka whakapumautia e mātou te whakatau a te marae ā-rohe. 'I mahi a Clark Elmore i tētahi hara tino nui. 'Ko te kāwanatanga kua whiriwhiri ki te whakatakoto i te whiu mate ka taea e ia te tiaki mo taua hara.' Kāore te whakataunga i te tikanga ka whakamatea a Elmore nā te mea kua whakapuakina e te Kawana a Jay Inslee he whakamutu i te whiu mate. Ko Elmore te tuarua o ngā herehere roa rawa e noho ana i te rārangi mate o te kāwanatanga - i tae atu ia ki reira i te tau 1996 - ahakoa kei te noho ia inaianei...
I whakapumautia e te 9 o nga Kooti Whakapā o te US te whiu a Elmore i te Wenerei. I whakakahoretia e te kooti amuamu te kerēme i takahia ai ngā tika ā-ture i te whakawakanga. I whiua i te tau 1995 mō te kohuru me te raupatu i a Christy Ohnstad i Bellingham. I whakawehi te kotiro ki te korero ki a ia mo te tukino i a ia i a ia e tamariki ana. Kua noho a Elmore ki te rārangi mate mai i te tau 1996 engari kua whakatārewatia ngā whakamātautau.