(The Center Square) – Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office says it is weighing all the evidence ahead of the planned release of convicted triple murderer Timothy Pauley, who was granted clemency by former Gov. Jay Inslee as he left office in January.
Pauley was sentenced to life in prison in February 1981, after pleading guilty to three counts of first-degree murder.
In 1980, a 21-year-old Pauley, armed with a revolver, and associate Scott Smith, armed with a knife, entered the Barn Door Tavern near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after closing time and announced they were robbing the establishment…