Norm Maleng (1939 - 2007) served as the King County, Washington, Prosecutor for 28 years. He was also an architect of Washington's Sentencing Reform Act.
Maleng was born in Acme, Washington, and grew up on a dairy farm. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1960, then served as an officer in the military. He obtained his law degree in 1966 from the University of Washington Law School, was elected as Prosecutor in 1978, and was re-ele...
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Norm Maleng (1939 - 2007) served as the King County, Washington, Prosecutor for 28 years. He was also an architect of Washington's Sentencing Reform Act.
Maleng was born in Acme, Washington, and grew up on a dairy farm. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1960, then served as an officer in the military. He obtained his law degree in 1966 from the University of Washington Law School, was elected as Prosecutor in 1978, and was re-elected seven times.
He was involved in a number of high-profile cases, most notably the 1983 Wah Mee Massacre, the 2006 Seattle Jewish Federation shooting committed by Naveed Afzal Haq, and the serial murders of Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer.
He ran for the Republican nomination for Governor of Washington in 1988 and 1996. In 1992, he lost an election for Attorney General to Christine Gregoire.
Maleng is credited with bringing several large scale policy reforms to Washington State's Criminal Justice system including passage of...
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