William L. Downing

...of 11 years: "One for every year she made me feel ashamed of myself and abused me." King County Superior Court Judge William Downing gave Long a sentence at the top of the sentencing range for first-degree criminal mistreatment. After...

In this article: William Downing and Child Protective Services

...had asked that she be allowed to continue outpatient mental health treatment. Instead, King County Superior Court Judge William Downing followed the prosecution's recomendation in sentencing Long for starving the girl for years, imposing...

In this article: Personality disorder, William Downing, Allegation, and Dissociative identity disorder

...Long argues through her attorneys that she should receive the court's leniency when King County Superior Court Judge William Downing sentences her Friday for denying her stepdaughter food and water over a period of years. The abuse was...

In this article: William Downing, Defendant, Allegation, and Dissociative identity disorder

...1998 Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman. In the case, King County Superior Court Judge William L. Downing ruled that the state law prohibiting same-sex marriages, or Defense of Marriage Act, was...

In this article: Defense of Marriage Act and Plaintiff

...as she stood a few feet from her father, then broke into tears and walked from the podium. The judge, William Downing of King County Superior Court, assured her he had read the letter, which had been submitted to him in advance. The girl,...

In this article: William Downing, Dog, Dehydration, Child Protective Services, and The Seattle Times

...received the top end of a sentencing range of 31 to 41 months during his appearance before King County Superior Court Judge William Downing, who noted the severity and length of the mistreatment in handing down the sentence. Pomeroy, who...

In this article: William Downing, Carnation, Dehydration, Child Protective Services, and The Seattle Times

...years and five months in prison for failing to intervene while his wife spent years starving his stepdaughter. Judge William Downing imposed the top end of the sentencing range on 43-year-old John Pomeroy, who pleaded guilty to...

In this article: William Downing, Carnation, and Seattle

...restricting the amount of food and water given to his daughter as punishment for imagined offenses. On Friday, Judge William Downing gave him the maximum sentence available, a 3 ½-year prison term on a single count of first-degree criminal...

In this article: William Downing and Personality disorder

...asked for a halt to the ads and sanctions of $100 per issue of Rolling Stone sold. But King County Superior Court Judge William Downing rejected all the state's contentions. He ruled the Camel Farm images were a "thought-provoking...

In this article: Rolling Stone, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, William Downing, and Washington

...the tobacco industry's ability to market to young people. The decision overturned a ruling by King County Superior Court Judge William Downing, who determined that the ad did not include traditional cartoons and that its overall effect was...

In this article: RJ Reynolds, Rolling Stone, Disney, Washington, California, Pennsylvania, and Ohio