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Vetoed Legislation -

Governor Kaine announced that he has vetoed Senate Bill 560 (Obenshain) and House Bill 933 (Gilbert), identical bills which would have allowed persons other than those who actually commit a murder to be eligible for capital punishment.

Virginia is already second in the nation in the number of executions we carry out, Governor Kaine said. While the nature of the offense targeted by this legislation is very serious, I do not believe that further expansion of the death penalty is necessary to protect human life.