When it comes to dealing with felons, Washington has effectively told Arkansas to suck it.

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Last week, the federal agency that oversees the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS) — a 50-state contract governing the state-to-state transfer of felons on probation or parole — issued an opinion that rebuked Washington over Arkansas felons. Washington has rejected at least three "mandatory" transfers from Arkansas since December.

The dispute springs from the Nov. 29 shooting of four Lakewood police officers by Maurice Clemmons, an Arkansas felon under supervision in Washington.

After the shooting, Washington officials accused Arkansas of violating the spirit of the compact in Clemmons' case and demanded changes to the rules that — if in place last year — would have given it authority to send Clemmons back to Little Rock before the shooting.