Ka taƙaita labarin:  Wata kotun daukaka kara ta tarayya ta tabbatar da hukuncin kisa da hukuncin kisa na wani mutum na Washington wanda ya furta cewa ya yi wa 'yarsa mai shekaru 14 fyade da kuma kashe shi a shekarar 1995. Kotun daukaka kara ta Amurka ta 9 ta tabbatar da cewa Kotun Koli ta Washington ba ta yi aiki ba tare da dalili ba lokacin da ta yi watsi da da'awar Clark Elmore cewa an keta haƙƙoƙinsa na tsarin mulki a shari'ar. Elmore, wanda aka yanke masa hukuncin kisan Kristy Ohnstad a Bellingham bayan ya ce ta yi barazanar bayyana cewa ya ci zarafinta a matsayin yaro, ya karbi hukuncin kotun tarayya a ranar Laraba. An tabbatar da hukuncin da aka yanke wa Clark Elmore na kashewa da kuma yi wa'yarsa mai shekaru 14 fyade a Washington a 1995. Kotun daukaka kara ta 9 ta Amurka ta tabbatar da hukuncin Kotun Koli ta Washington (a sama) daidai ne. Ohnstad, ɗalibar makarantar sakandare, 'yar budurwar Elmore ce, in ji jaridar Seattle Times. Bayan da ta bace, Elmore ya yi kamar yana baƙin ciki kuma ya taimaka wajen shirya ƙungiyar bincike don nemo ta. Elmore shi ne na biyu mafi dadewa da aka yanke wa hukuncin kisa a jihar bayan da aka tura shi can a shekarar 1996. Daga bisani ya yarda ya kashe ta a cikin wani rikodin rikodin rikodi. Elmore ya yi iƙirarin cewa an keta haƙƙinsa a lokacin shari'ar saboda lauyansa ya ba shi shawara mara kyau kuma juriya ta gan shi a cikin sarƙoƙi. Kwamitin mutum uku sun yanke hukunci a kan mai shekaru 63 da haihuwa wanda aka yanke hukuncin da baki daya. Kwamitin ya rubuta: 'Mun yi imanin cewa Kotun Koli ta Washington ta yanke hukuncin da'awar kundin tsarin mulki na Elmore ba ta da hankali. "Kotun gundumar ba ta yi kuskure ba wajen kin amincewa da kalubalen da Clark Elmore ya yi wa hukuncinsa da hukuncin kisa, saboda haka muna tabbatar da hukuncin kotun gundumar. 'Clark Elmore ya aikata mummunan laifi. 'Jami'ar da ta zaɓi zartar da hukuncin kisa tabbas za ta iya ajiye shi don irin wannan laifin.' Hukuncin ba yana nufin yanzu za a kashe Elmore ba kamar yadda Gwamna Jay Inslee ya ayyana dakatar da hukuncin kisa. Elmore shi ne na biyu mafi dadewa da aka yanke masa hukuncin kisa a jihar - ya isa can a shekarar 1996 - duk da cewa yanzu...
Kotun daukaka kara ta 9 ta Amurka ta tabbatar da hukuncin Elmore a ranar Laraba. Kotun daukaka kara ta yi watsi da ikirarin cewa an keta hakkin kundin tsarin mulki a shari'ar. An yanke masa hukuncin kisa a 1995 na kashewa da kuma fyade Christy Ohnstad a Bellingham. Yarinyar ta yi barazanar cewa za ta gaya masa saboda ta yi mata fyade lokacin da take ƙarama. Elmore ya kasance a kan mutuwar mutuwa tun 1996 amma an dakatar da kisa.