First officer is convicted of murder since Washington state law eased prosecution of police
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A jury has found a suburban Seattle police officer guilty of murder in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man outside a convenience store. Thursday’s conviction marks the first under a Washington law making it easier to prosecute law…