Prosecutors look to charge drug dealers with homicide

Name: Prosecutors look to charge drug dealers with homicide
Uploaded: 2022-02-17T01:39:42Z
Duration: 3 min 43 s
Description: The fentanyl crisis in the Puget Sound region is reaching crisis levels—1 in 9 drug-related deaths in Washington are the result of it. Prosecutors are now looking to not just charge drug dealers with possession of drugs, but to build up cases with detectives and charge dealers with 'controlled substance homicide.'

The fentanyl crisis in the Puget Sound region is reaching crisis levels—1 in 9 drug-related deaths in Washington are the result of it. Prosecutors are now looking to not just charge drug dealers with possession of drugs, but to build up cases with detectives and charge dealers with 'controlled substance homicide.'

Posted February 16, 2022 5:39pm PST