RCW 10.95.080
When sentence to death or sentence to life imprisonment shall be imposed.
(1) If a jury answers affirmatively the question posed by RCW 10.95.060(4), or when a jury is waived as allowed by RCW 10.95.050(2) and the trial court answers affirmatively the question posed by RCW 10.95.060(4), the defendant shall be sentenced to death. The trial court may not suspend or defer the execution or imposition of the sentence.
(2) If the jury does not return an affirmative answer to the question posed in RCW 10.95.060(4), the defendant shall be sentenced to life imprisonment as provided in RCW 10.95.030(1).
[ 1981 c 138 § 8.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 10.95 - Capital Punishment—Aggravated First Degree Murder.
10.95.030 - Sentences for aggravated first degree murder.
10.95.040 - Special sentencing proceeding—Notice—Filing—Service.
10.95.080 - When sentence to death or sentence to life imprisonment shall be imposed.
10.95.150 - Time limit for appellate review of death sentence and filing opinion.
10.95.160 - Death warrant—Issuance—Form—Time for execution of judgment and sentence.
10.95.170 - Imprisonment of defendant.
10.95.180 - Death penalty—How executed.
10.95.190 - Death warrant—Record—Return to trial court.
10.95.200 - Proceedings for failure to execute on day named.
10.95.901 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.