The article did not accurately describe Philip K. Dick’s “pre crime”.
The perps to be were jailed, not killed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report
In addition, the novel/movie addressed potential real crimes (like murder), not “thought crimes”.
The applicable “thought crime” science fiction book would probably be Orwell’s 1984.
That said, the Washington state leftists are dangerous kooks and a threat to human rights everywhere.